Robotic ultra-low anterior resection for idiopathic megarectum

Saad Mohammed Alsaawy^{1

2

3}, Chahaya Marc Gauci^{1

3}, Amirala Khalessi⁴, Kim-Chi Phan-Thien^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department Colorectal Surgery, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
³ St George & Sutherland Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Hurstville Private Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Case Reports

Saad Mohammed Alsaawy et al. ANZ J Surg. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;93(9):2241-2242.

doi: 10.1111/ans.18371. Epub 2023 Apr 24.

Saad Mohammed Alsaawy^{1

2

3}, Chahaya Marc Gauci^{1

3}, Amirala Khalessi⁴, Kim-Chi Phan-Thien^{1

3}

¹ Department Colorectal Surgery, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
³ St George & Sutherland Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Hurstville Private Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

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