Laparoscopic resection of lower rectal cancer with telescopic anastomosis without abdominal incisions.

Aim: To assess laparoscopic radical resection of lower rectal cancer with telescopic anastomosis through transanal resection without abdominal incisions.

Methods: From March 2010 to June 2014, 30 patients (14 men and 16 women, aged 36-78 years, mean age 59.8 years) underwent laparoscopic radical resection of lower rectal cancer with telescopic anastomosis through anus-preserving transanal resection.

Enhanced expression and significance of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor attachment protein 1 in colorectal cancer.

The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor attachment protein 1 (GPAA1) and its significance in patients with colorectal cancer. Fifty-two patients with primary colorectal cancer were included in this study. GPAA1 expression was detected by immunohistochemistry, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and Western blot analysis.

Anus-preserving rectectomy via telescopic colorectal mucosal anastomosis for low rectal cancer: experience from a Chinese cohort.

Aim: To investigate the safety and efficacy of anus-preserving rectectomy via telescopic colorectal mucosal anastomosis (TCMA) for low rectal cancer.

Methods: From August 1993 to October 2012, 420 patients including 253 males and 167 females with low rectal cancer underwent transabdominal and transanal anterior resection, followed by TCMA. The distance between the anus and inferior margin of the tumor ranged from 5 to 7 cm, and was 5 cm in 6 patients, 6 cm in 127, and 7 cm in 287 patients.

Diffuse hemolymphangioma of the rectum: a report of a rare case.

Intestinal hemolymphangioma is a rare vascular and lymphatic malformation and is manifested as anaemia and recurrent alimentary tract hemorrhage. Few cases of hemolymphangioma occurring in small intestine, spleen, esophagus and other organs have been reported. We herein report a case of a 37-year-old man with severe rectal bleeding.