Three-panel drawing showing rectal cancer surgery with anastomosis; first panel shows area of rectum with cancer, middle panel shows cancer and nearby tissue removed, last panel shows the colon and anus joined.(KOH-loh-AY-nul uh-NAS-toh-MOH-sis)
A surgical procedure in which the colon is attached to the anus after the rectum has been removed. Also called coloanal pull-through.
Pronunciation of dictionary term "coloanal anastomosis"
Pronunciation of dictionary term "anastomosis coloanal"
Three-panel drawing showing rectal cancer surgery with anastomosis; first panel shows area of rectum with cancer, middle panel shows cancer and nearby tissue removed, last panel shows the colon and anus joined.
La ilustración a tres paneles muestra una cirugía de cáncer de recto con anastomosis; el primer panel muestra el área del recto con cáncer, el panel medio muestra la extracción del cáncer y el tejido circundante, el último panel muestra la unión del colon y el ano.
Procedimiento quirúrgico en el cual el colon se une al ano después de extirpar el recto. También se llama liberación coloanal.