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  2. Lower anterior resection - Wikipedia

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    A lower anterior resection, formally known as anterior resection of the rectum and colon and anterior excision of the rectum or simply anterior resection (less precise), is a common surgery for rectal cancer and occasionally is performed to remove a diseased or ruptured portion of the intestine in cases of diverticulitis.

  3. Total mesorectal excision - Wikipedia

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    For lower down tumours in the middle and lower third of the rectum a new procedure has been developed known as Transanal-Total Mesorectal Excision (TaTME). Instead of the dissection via the abdomen TaTME combines an abdominal and transanal endoscopic approach (endoscopic instruments are inserted into the anus) allowing easier dissection of the ...

  4. Abdominoperineal resection - Wikipedia

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    To reduce the incidence of death and suffering of the patients associated with the APR procedure, Henri Albert Hartmann introduced the anterior resection of the rectum by preserving the distal rectum and anal sphincters, while producing end-sigmoid colostomy. There were attempts to restore bowel continuity by joining the proximal colon with the ...

  5. Hartmann's operation - Wikipedia

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    A proctosigmoidectomy, Hartmann's operation or Hartmann's procedure is the surgical resection of the rectosigmoid colon with closure of the anorectal stump and formation of an end colostomy. It was used to treat colon cancer or inflammation (proctosigmoiditis, proctitis, diverticulitis , volvulus , etc.).

  6. Ventral rectopexy - Wikipedia

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    The mesh is placed directly onto the anterior (ventral) surface of the rectum. [1] This procedure aims to suspend the middle and lower sections of the rectum. This modified procedure is now known as the anterior rectopexy or ventral rectopexy. [1] D'Hoore also used a laparoscopic approach (laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy, LVMR). [15]

  7. Low anterior resection syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Low anterior resection syndrome is a complication of lower anterior resection, a type of surgery performed to remove the rectum, typically for rectal cancer.It is characterized by changes to bowel function that affect quality of life, and includes symptoms such as fecal incontinence, incomplete defecation or the sensation of incomplete defecation (rectal tenesmus), changes in stool frequency ...

  8. Bowel resection - Wikipedia

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    A bowel resection or enterectomy (enter-+ -ectomy) is a surgical procedure in which a part of an intestine (bowel) is removed, from either the small intestine or large intestine. Often the word enterectomy is reserved for the sense of small bowel resection, in distinction from colectomy , which covers the sense of large bowel resection.

  9. List of medical abbreviations: L - Wikipedia

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    low anterior resection: LARP: left → anterior, right → posterior (path of the vagi as they wander from thorax to abdomen) LAS: lymphadenopathy syndrome: Lat: lateral: lb LB: pound or pounds (mass) LBBB: left bundle branch block: LBO: large bowel obstruction: LBP: low back pain: LBW: low birth weight: LCA: left coronary artery: LCHAD