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Encyclopedia > Lower anterior resection

A lower anterior resection, formally known as anterior resection of the rectum and anterior excision of the rectum or simply anterior resection, is a common surgery for rectal cancer. It is commonly abbreviated as LAR. Diagram of the stomach, colon, and rectum Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. ... An abbreviation (from Latin brevis short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. ...


LARs are for cancer in the proximal two-thirds of the rectum.[1] In zootomy, several terms are used to describe the location of organs and other structures in the body of bilateral animals. ...


LARs, generally, give a better quality of life than abdominoperineal resections.[2][3] Quality of life is the degree of well-being felt by an individual or group of people. ... Abdominoperineal resection is surgery to remove the anus, the rectum, and part of the sigmoid colon through an incision made in the abdomen. ...


References

  1. ^ American Cancer Society. Detailed Guide: Colon and Rectum Cancer. cancer.org. URL: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4x_Surgery_10.asp?sitearea=. Accessed on: February 5, 2008.
  2. ^ McLeod RS (2001). "Comparison of quality of life in patients undergoing abdominoperineal extirpation or anterior resection for rectal cancer". Ann. Surg. 233 (2): 157–8. PMID 11176119. 
  3. ^ Grumann MM, Noack EM, Hoffmann IA, Schlag PM (2001). "Comparison of quality of life in patients undergoing abdominoperineal extirpation or anterior resection for rectal cancer". Ann. Surg. 233 (2): 149–56. PMID 11176118. 
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Appendectomy (Appendicitis), Resection (Lower anterior resection, Abdominoperineal resection, Hemicolectomy, Total colectomy, Local excision) due to obstruction and/or perforation/threated perforation and/or malignancy (Toxic megacolon (due to IBD), Colon cancer, Rectal cancer, Hirschsprung's disease, Trauma, Intussusception, Volvulus, Inguinal hernia, Adhesions (due to previous surgery))
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