has found a higher rate of local recurrence after intersphincteric resection with handsewn coloanal anastomosis (ISR-CAA) than with abdominoperineal resection (APR) in patients without a clinical ...

The exception was a case of unobstructed carcinoma of the. rectum in which abdominoperineal resection was carried out after the patient had received phthalylsulfathiazole for only three days.