Transsphincteric Surgery of the Rectum: Topographical Anatomy and Operation Technique

by Andreas Huber, M. Allgöwer, Arthur H.C. von Hochstetter, et al.

Book Overview

More than a century ago, Cripps successfully employed the direct and complete division of the anal sphincters as a means of approaching the lower rectum and anal canal, and reported on a series of 36 patients who had been treated in that fashion. Cripps was pleasantly surprised to find good fecal continence in over two-thirds of the patients during later follow-ups, despite the fact that the divided sphincters had not been repaired. The transsphincteric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642694721
• ISBN13: 9783642694721
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"