Types of rectal cancer surgery
Surgery is the most common treatment for rectal adenocarcinoma and other types of rectal cancer. Our experienced surgeons perform complex rectum cancer surgeries (including sphincter preservation) to remove hard-to-treat tumors. Minimally invasive and robotic techniques enable us to remove rectal tumors while saving healthy tissue, helping you retain more bowel function and preserving quality of life.
We provide comprehensive rectal cancer surgery options.
A polypectomy is a surgical procedure to remove early-stage tumors and precancerous polyps, which are abnormal tissue growths that can form in the lining of the colon or rectum. These procedures can be done during colonoscopies.
Also called a local transanal resection, doctors access the cancer through special instruments that go into the rectum through the anus. During this procedure, surgeons cut layers of the rectal wall to remove early-stage cancers.
This procedure is for early-stage cancers that are too high in the rectum for TAE. Our skilled surgeons remove these tumors with great precision and accuracy using special magnifying scopes and equipment.
This minimally invasive procedure removes the tumor, the bowel it was in, and surrounding tissue and lymph nodes. This technique uses a special camera that allows surgeons to see the tumor without making a large incision.
Doctors use this procedure to treat stage I, II, or III rectal cancers in the upper part of the rectum. They remove the part of the rectum that contains the tumor.
During proctectomy, doctors remove the entire rectum to treat stage I, II, or III rectal cancers in the middle or lower third of the rectum.
Doctors use abdominoperineal resections to remove stage I, II, or III rectal cancers in the lower part of the rectum, or tumors that may be growing into the sphincter muscle. It involves removal of the anus, rectum, part of the colon, and sometimes some lymph nodes.
This major surgery involves removing the rectum and any affected nearby organs, including the bladder, prostate, or uterus.