An Evaluation of the Anterior Resection of the Rectum and Low Sigmoid

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Abstract
CARCINOMA of the rectosigmoid area of the colon is of common occurrence and fortunately is productive of early symptoms. Carcinomas in this location account for 60 per cent of all cases in the colon.1 Resection with anastomosis for certain of these cases, rather than a combined abdominoperineal resection or an anterior resection with a permanent colostomy, has tempted surgeons for years. In 1920 Crile2 reported 38 anterior resections with no mortality — an excellent result not duplicated by others. Interest was further stimulated by the thorough monograph on this subject by d'Allaines et al.3 in 1948. Until recent years wide . . .