A technique from the Center spot allows you to save your Continence in patients with rectal cancer.
through minimally invasive surgery using natural orifices of the body.
-The new surgical approach, which the early adopters have already benefited with neoplasms located very near the anus, avoids them having to always wear a colostomy bag for accumulating their bowel movements
Spain, April of 2013.- the surgery and digestive of the Hospital General ‘ La Mancha Centro ’ de Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real)dependent of the health service of Castilla – La Mancha (SESCAM), has developed a minimally invasive technique for patients with cancer of the lower third of the rectum, a disease of high incidence in our midst.
The new surgical approach, which have already benefited the first patients of the health area with rectal neoplasms located very close to the year, has made it possible to preserve sphincter function, i.e. their continence, avoiding having to carry a permanent colostomy bag to accumulate their bowel movements.
intervention of Hospital Mancha Centro rectal cancer.
in particular, interesfinteriana assisted minimally invasive surgery resection replaces the traditional technique, known as amputation abdominoperineal, in which surgeons removed the rectum and anus affected by a neoplasm of this area.
It is indicated in young patients with good Continence and its novelty lies in that all intervention is performed using minimally invasive surgery, which uses the natural orifices of the body, both for the realization of the abdominal as for transanal dissection dissection. The latter is one adaptation of the so-called TAMIS (Trans-Anal Minimally Invasive Surgery) which uses a device for transanal single port surgery for resection of the rectum while preserving responsible of anal continence, external sphincter.
Technique allows excellent visualization of the appliance sphincter and extremely precise handling of these tissues ”, according to the head of surgery of the Center spot, Carlos Moreno Sanz.
Presented in Seville next to renowned experts
New treatment for cancer of rectum, employed at the Hospital in Alcazar de San Juan, was unveiled in Seville during the XXXII refresher course in surgery at the hands of the head of the Department of surgery at SESCAM Center.
Doctor Moreno presented this experience in a panel discussion on surgery TAMIS which intervened most relevant experts in this approach, as the American surgeon Sergio Larach and the Brazilian based in Germany Ricardo Zorron.
