Functional Aspects of Ano-Rectal Vascularity
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cells Tissues Organs
- Vol. 123 (1) , 30-33
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000146034
Abstract
The blood supply of the ano-rectum has been studied in cadaveric specimens by angiographic methods. The vascular anastomosis between the middle rectal and superior rectal vessels was found to be demonstrable on one side only. There appears to be a midline paucity of vessels in both the posterior and anterior rectal walls, and this may be important in the aetiology of anastomotic dehiscence in low anterior resection.Keywords
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