title: [Optimising surgery for rectal cancer].
abstract: The crucial aspect of open as well as laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery is to find the correct dissection plane to avoid damage of the nerves and to create a perfect specimen. By doing so, a "specimen oriented" resection will be achieved and the risk of a positive circumferential resection margin minimized. Currently, and for the foreseeable future, open surgery remains optimal for complex cases and in cases where a low difficult restorative resection is needed. Optimal surgery remains a crucial part in the curative treatment of this technically challenging cancer.
authors.affiliation: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust Hospital, Basing toke, Hampshire, England.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heald
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Påhlman
authors.forename: Henrik Kidmose
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome