“…Like any other surgical procedure, complications arising from surgical resection can either be short‐term—postoperative wound infection and perineal wound disruption (Figure ) as was in our patient, rectal injury, diarrhea, tumor rupture, hemorrhage, septicemia, or be long‐term—urethral obstruction, midurethral necrosis, anorectal dysfunction, fecal incontinence, severe chronic constipation, neurourological dysfunction of the lower urinary tract, bladder sphincter dysfunction, vesicoureteral reflux, urinary incontinence, neurogenic voiding dysfunction, mixed neurogenic damage, abnormal bladder, and urethral functions diminished sexual function in females, deformity, unpleasant scars, and tumor recurrence …”