Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection

Abdominoperineal resection (APR) is a radical rectal surgery that offers definitive treatment in carefully selected distal rectal cancers with significant morbidity. The coning of the resection line in the resection specimen at the level of the pelvic floor in the standard abdominoperineal resection is forestalled by the modification to the cylindrical extra levator resection technique. The application of a laparoscopic approach to APR is associated with reduced hospital stays and infection rates.