Relaparoscopy for Salvage Surgery in Anastomotic Recurrence of Rectal Cancer: Feasible and Safe

Abstract  Laparoscopic approach to rectal cancer is technically challenging even for experienced laparoscopic surgeons. Therefore, in a locally recurrent rectal cancer not many surgeons would be keen to adopt the relaparoscopy approach. In this video article, we present a case of salvage laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection performed for an isolated anastomotic recurrence developed 13 months after a laparoscopic ultralow anterior resection. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Video presentation at The 2006 Congress of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA 2006), Seoul, Korea, October 18 to 21, 2006. Reprints are not available.