Guglielmo Niccolò Piozzi, Krunal Khobragade, Vusal Aliyev, Oktar Asoglu, Paolo Pietro Bianchi, Vlad-Olimpiu Butiurca, William Tzu-Liang Chen, Ju Yong Cheong, Gyu-Seog Choi, Andrea Coratti, Quentin Denost, Yosuke Fukunaga, Emre Gorgun, Francesco Guerra, Masaaki Ito, Jim S Khan, Hye Jin Kim, Jin Cheon Kim, Yusuke Kinugasa, Tsuyoshi Konishi, Li-Jen Kuo, Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu, Jeremie H Lefevre, Jin-Tung Liang, John Marks, Călin Molnar, Yves Panis, Philippe Rouanet, Eric Rullier, Avanish Saklani, Antonino Spinelli, Petr Tsarkov, Shunsuke Tsukamoto, Martin Weiser, Seon Hahn Kim
AIM: Intersphincteric resection (ISR) is an oncologically complex operation for very low-lying rectal cancers. Yet, definition, anatomical description, operative indications and operative approaches to ISR are not standardized. The aim of this study was to standardize the definition of ISR by reaching international consensus from the experts in the field. This standardization will allow meaningful comparison in the literature in the future. METHOD: A modified Delphi approach with three rounds of questionnaire was adopted...
September 2023: Colorectal Disease