A New Surgical Approach to the Rectal Anastomotic Stricture: Endoscopic.
- Author:
Il Ho KIM
1
;
Ik Yong KIM
;
Dae Sung KIM
;
Kwang Soo YOON
;
Jae Man SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Younsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Rectal Stenosis
- MeSH:
Constriction, Pathologic*;
Dilatation;
Rectum
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
1997;13(3):529-534
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Rectal stricture is an occasional complication of abdominoperineal pull-through and low anterior resection of the rectum and irradiation injury. Although the causes and pathogenesis of this phenomenon are poorly understood, various techniques for stricture dilatation have been described. In this article, we present two cases of severe postoperative rectal stricture that were not amenable to conventional methods of dilation but were succesfully managed by transanal electroresection using endoscopic transurethral electroreectoscope.
