For patients with different clinical stages of rectal cancer,tailored surgery is urgently needed.Over the past 10 years,our team has conducted numerous anatomical studies and proposed the“four fasciae and three space...For patients with different clinical stages of rectal cancer,tailored surgery is urgently needed.Over the past 10 years,our team has conducted numerous anatomical studies and proposed the“four fasciae and three spaces”theory to guide rectal cancer surgery.Enlightened by the anatomical basis of the radical hysterectomy classification system of Querleu and Morrow,we proposed a new classification system of radical surgery for rectal cancer based on membrane anatomy.This system categorizes the surgery into four types(A–D)and incorporates corresponding subtypes based on the preservation of the autonomic nerve.Our surgical classification unifies the pelvic membrane anatomical terminology,validates the feasibility of classifying rectal cancer surgery using the theory of“four fasciae and three spaces,”and lays the theoretical groundwork for the future development of unified and standardized classification of radical pelvic tumor surgery.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[No:81874201]Project of Shanghai Medical Innovation Research[No:20Y11908300]Project of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission[No:202040122].
文摘For patients with different clinical stages of rectal cancer,tailored surgery is urgently needed.Over the past 10 years,our team has conducted numerous anatomical studies and proposed the“four fasciae and three spaces”theory to guide rectal cancer surgery.Enlightened by the anatomical basis of the radical hysterectomy classification system of Querleu and Morrow,we proposed a new classification system of radical surgery for rectal cancer based on membrane anatomy.This system categorizes the surgery into four types(A–D)and incorporates corresponding subtypes based on the preservation of the autonomic nerve.Our surgical classification unifies the pelvic membrane anatomical terminology,validates the feasibility of classifying rectal cancer surgery using the theory of“four fasciae and three spaces,”and lays the theoretical groundwork for the future development of unified and standardized classification of radical pelvic tumor surgery.