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Recently, surgical techniques for low rectal cancer have greatly progressed, thereby increasing the rate of sphincter preservation. As a result of the development and spread of surgical procedures including the total mesorectal excision (TME) [1] and intersphincteric resection (ISR)
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Kinugasa, Y., Moriya, Y. (2012). Surgical anatomy in intersphincteric resection. In: Schiessel, R., Metzger, P. (eds) Intersphincteric Resection for Low Rectal Tumors. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0929-8_5
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