ANTERIOR RESECTION FOLLOWING POSTERIOR TRANSSACRAL STAPLING AND TRANSECTION OF THE ANAL-CANAL FOR LOW-LYING RECTAL-CANCER IN MALES

In anterior resection with anastomosis using the double-staple techniq ue for low-lying rectal cancer in male patients, the approach to the a nal canal with a stapling instrument ria the abdominal area is limited by the narrow pelvis. The stapling and transection of the anal canal via the posterior transsacral approach prior to performing an anterior resection thus enables the lower rectum and anal canal to be visualiz ed, so that the anal canal can bet accurately stapled and transected e ven in male patients with a narrow pelvis.