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Rectal resection for cancer including partial or even more total mesorectal excision has made most substantial progress in surgery over the last 20 years. Before, enormous deficits of standardization and surgical quality had resulted in local recurrence rates up to 50 %. Thanks to the efforts of Bill Heald (Heald 1982), worldwide improvement was achieved. However, from personal experience, there are still deficits to be closed.
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Hohenberger, W. (2017). Surgical Technique and Difficult Situations from Werner Hohenberger (Conventional). In: Korenkov, M., Germer, CT., Lang, H. (eds) Gastrointestinal Operations and Technical Variations. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49878-1_43
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