title: Laparoscopic intersphincteric resection and hand-sewn coloanal anastomosis: a natural orifice specimen extraction technique.
abstract: The incidence of rectal cancer in India is on the rise, and unlike in the West, predominantly younger individuals are affected. Surgery for rectal cancer has evolved over the years with the ultimate goals of sphincter preservation and better quality of life, besides oncological safety. With the routine use of magnetic resonance imaging for local staging, intersphincteric resection has become a viable alternative to abdominoperineal resection. Similarly, there is enough evidence to consider laparoscopic surgery as feasible and oncologically safe for rectal cancer. Thus laparoscopic intersphincteric resection fulfills all the objectives of modern-day rectal cancer surgery. Here we describe the technical points while performing the surgery as well as short-term results of our own series.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre , Mumbai, India .
authors.forename: Vishwas D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Ashwin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desouza
authors.forename: Jean Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: De Menezes
authors.forename: Avanish P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Saklani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques