Clinicians should be alert to the possibility of this injury. An arteriography for Doppler ultrasound should be performed. Treatment is mainly surgical and produces excellent long-term results.
Colonic J-pouch-anal anastomosis offers superior long-term function compared with low colorectal anastomosis after radical treatment of rectal cancer. Preservation of a short rectal segment followed by a straight colorectal anastomosis does not offer any clinical advantage over colonic J-pouch-anal anastomosis.
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