It is believed that the added exactness of the open anastomosis ... of carcinoma of the sigmoid, 1 of carcinoma of the rectosigmoid, 1 of carcinoma of the transverse colon, 1 of carcinoma of ...

Traditionally, rectal cancer surgery has involved either a low anterior resection – removing the part of the rectum containing the cancer and reconnecting the remaining part of the rectum to the colon ...