ReviewAnnals of coloproctology2018
Essential Anatomy of the Anorectum for Colorectal Surgeons Focused on the Gross Anatomy and Histologic Findings.
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- Anal carcinoma - exploring the epidemiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.World journal of experimental medicine · 2024Review
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- Anorectal Anatomy Quiz: Test Your Knowledge.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
- Non-Healing Perianal Fistulas: A Clinical Model of Tissue Senescence Impairing Both Tissue Fibrosis and Regenerative Potential.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- MRI anatomy of the rectum: key concepts important for rectal cancer staging and treatment planning.Insights into imaging · 2023Review
- Anatomy of the vesicovaginal fascia and its relation to branches of the inferior hypogastric plexus.Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Robotic Intersphincteric Resection for Low Rectal Cancer: Technical Controversies and a Systematic Review on the Perioperative, Oncological, and Functional Outcomes.Annals of coloproctology · 2021Review
- Surgical Treatment of Low-Lying Rectal Cancer: Updates.Annals of coloproctology · 2021Review
- Understanding the physiology of human defaecation and disorders of continence and evacuation.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2021Review
- Optimal Complete Rectum Mobilization Focused on the Anatomy of the Pelvic Fascia and Autonomic Nerves: 30 Years of Experience at Severance Hospital.Yonsei medical journal · 2021Review
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Abstract
The anorectum is a region with a very complex structure, and surgery for benign or malignant disease of the anorectum is impossible without accurate anatomical knowledge. The conjoined longitudinal muscle consists of smooth muscle from the longitudinal muscle of the rectum and the striate muscle from the levator ani and helps maintain continence; the rectourethralis muscle is connected directly to the conjoined longitudinal muscle at the top of the external anal sphincter. Preserving the rectourethralis muscle without damage to the carvernous nerve or veins passing through it when the abdominoperineal resection is implemented is important. The mesorectal fascia is a multi-layered membrane that surrounds the mesorectum. Because the autonomic nerves also pass between the mesorectal fascia and the parietal fascia, a sharp pelvic dissection must be made along the anatomic fascial plane. With the development of pelvic structure anatomy, we can understand better how we can remove the tumor and the surrounding metastatic lymph nodes without damaging the neural structure. However, because the anorectal anatomy is not yet fully understood, we hope that additional studies of anatomy will enable anorectal surgery to be performed based on complete anatomical knowledge.
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