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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 195-199 |
Transanal division of the anorectal junction followed by laparoscopic low anterior resection and coloanal pouch anastomosis: A technique facilitated by a balloon port
Avanish P Saklani, Parin Shah, Nader Naguib, Nicola Tanner, Peter Mekhail, Ashraf G Masoud
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Avanish P Saklani
125 Heol-Y-Coed, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, CF14 6HS
United Kingdom
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.83515
We performed a laparoscopic ultra low anterior resection in two patients with low rectal cancers (3 cm from dentate line). A transanal division and continuous suture closure of anorectal junction was performed first followed by laparoscopic low anterior resection. A handsewn anastomosis between colonic pouch/transverse coloplasty and anal canal was facilitated by use of a transanal balloon port.
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