Clinical effectiveness of omental transposition in facilitating perineal wound healing after abdominoperineal resection: a systematic review

Abstract

Since abdominoperineal resection (APR) was first introduced by Mile [1] nearly a century ago, it has been an important surgical method for refractory anorectal diseases, including low rectal cancer, select anal cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease [2,3]. Although the number of patients requiring APR has decreased with