Variation in landmarks for the rectum: an MRI study.

Nigel D'SouzaS BalyasnikovaV TudykaA LordA ShawM AbulafiP TekkisG Brown

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2018)

Current definitions of the rectum that rely on arbitrary measurements or bony landmarks will not locate the correct point of transition between the rectum and sigmoid in the majority of patients. The sigmoid take-off offers an alternative, anatomically bespoke, landmark.

Keyphrases

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