“…About 60% of rectal cancer is low rectal cancer, which originates beneath the peritoneum at 3–7 cm above the anal verge. Development of surgical skills, such as intersphincteric resection, preservation of the anus with the controversy of potentially permanent ostomy and stricture of anastomosis have been previously reported [1, 2]. Transanal colonic pull‐through surgery, also known as Bacon surgery, was initiated to treat low rectal cancer, and was not widely accepted due to its poor postoperative anal continence.…”