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Laparoscopic proctectomy (often referred to as a low anterior resection) involves the removal of the rectum with creation of a coloanal or low colorectal anastomosis. It is performed for pathology of the rectum such as neoplasia or isolated Crohn’s disease.
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Mizell, J.S. (2020). Laparoscopic Proctectomy. In: Stein, S., Lawson, R. (eds) Laparoscopic Colectomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39559-9_6
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