What is Abdominoperineal Resection (APR)?
Abdominoperineal resection removes the rectum and anus when sphincter salvage is not honest, leaving a permanent end colostomy and a perineal wound. The rectum is mobilised from above, often in an extralevator plane when indicated, and the anus and sphincter complex are removed from the perineum. An end colostomy is matured and the perineal wound is closed or reconstructed.
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