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An Abdominal Perineal Resection,or APR,for a Patient at High Risk

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An abdominal perineal resection,or APR,for a patient at high risk for colon cancer without anal/rectal involvement (e.g.,familial adenopolyposis [FAP]) can be accomplished through an open laparotomy or laparoscopic-assisted ileoanal pull-through approach,per surgeon preference and appropriate patient selection.Which of these statements about approaches for APR is correct?


A) Both open and laparoscopic approaches require an abdominal skin incision(s) and perineal incision(s) .
B) Neither approach requires two or more skin incisions.
C) Both procedures require only an abdominal skin incision(s) as the rectal segment is removed and anastomosed intraluminally.
D) The laparoscopic-assisted approach only has an abdominal skin incision(s) .

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