Clinical Study Single-Access Laparoscopic Rectal Surgery Is Technically Feasible

Copyright © 2013 S. Sirikurnpiboon and P. Jivapaisarnpong.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Introduction. Single-access laparoscopic surgery (SALS) has been successfully introduced for colectomy surgery; however, for mid to low rectum procedures such as total mesorectal excision, it can be technically complicated. In this study, we introduced a single-access technique for rectum cancer operations without the use of other instruments.Aims. To show the short-term results of single-access laparoscopic rectal surgery in terms of pathologic results and immediate complications. Settings and Design. Prospective study.Materials andMethods. We selected middle rectum to anal canal cancer patients to undergo single-access laparoscopic recta