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Abdominoperineal resection

Known as: APR, Abdominoperineal resection of rectum, ap resection 
Surgery to remove the anus, the rectum, and part of the sigmoid colon through an incision made in the abdomen. The end of the intestine is attached… 
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Preoperative chemoradiation with capecitabine in locally advanced rectal cancer.
BACKGROUND Preoperative radiation therapy in combination with 5-fluoracil (5-FU) improves local tumour control in locally… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Stage I rectal cancer: identification of high-risk patients.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Local excision and post-operative radiation therapy for rectal carcinoma.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Phase I/II trial of pre-operative radiation therapy and coloanal anastomosis in distal invasive resectable rectal cancer.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Quality of life of patients treated with abdominoperineal resection or anterior resection for rectal carcinoma.
The functional results of surgery for rectal carcinoma were evaluated in 68 patients, 37 treated with anterior resection and 31… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
CT for the evaluation of carcinomas in the colon and rectum.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Construction of a continent perineal colostomy by using electrostimulated gracilis muscles after abdominoperineal resection: personal technique and experience with 32 cases.
A series of 32 patients operated on for rectal carcinoma is reported. A new technique by using the gracilis muscles to… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Comparison of the mortality, morbidity and incidence of local recurrence in patients with rectal cancer treated by either stapled anterior resection or abdominoperineal resection
One hundred patients with rectal cancer treated by one surgeon over a 7 year period are reviewed. Fifty‐five patients were… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Abdominosacral resection for midrectal cancer. A fifteen-year experience.
From 1966 to 1981, 646 patients underwent resection for primary adenocarcinoma of the rectum by one surgeon (S.A.L.) in one… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Rectal sphincter reconstruction in perineal colostomies after abdominoperineal resection for cancer
A surgical technique is proposed for the reconstruction of the anal sphincter in perineal colostomies after abdominoperineal… 
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