Purse string closure of perineal defects after abdominoperineal excision.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe a new technique of perineal closure following abdominoperineal excision (APE) using purse-string perineal skin closure (PSPC).

Material And Methods: Between January 2016 and May 2021, 15 consecutives patients who had an APE procedure were included in this retrospective single-center study. All indications of APE were considered, as well as all types of APE.

Incidental discovery of a sacral rib: a case report.

Purpose: The observation of an accessory bone joined to the sacrum (suggestive of a sacral rib) prompted us to describe the structure's morphology and its anatomic relationships and to consider its morphogenesis and clinical implications.

Method: A 38-year-old woman underwent computed tomography, to characterize the extension of a thoracic mass. We compared our observations with the literature data.