Meanings of lower rectum in English

Screening colonoscopy revealed 10-mm long, whitish condyles extending from the anal canal to the lower rectum.

Incidence of complications and of reinterventions was also increased among males and in patients with lesions of the lower rectum.

However, when the tumor is in the lower rectum, laparoscopic surgery seems better, according to the results in the New England Journal of Medicine.

This procedure simplifies the section of the lower rectum, reduces leaking rate resulting from technical difficulties, and does not nullify the benefits of laparoscopy.

When the cancer was in the lower rectum, the three-year recurrence rate was 3.8 percent with laparoscopic surgery versus 12.7 percent with traditional surgery.