AUG 17, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Distal resection margins before and after fixation: a comparative analysis in rectal cancer surgery
Frontiers in Surgery
Single-centre retrospective measurement study with no clinical outcome; demonstrates a technical phenomenon (tissue shrinkage) but lacks comparison to patient safety or oncological adequacy thresholds.
Reported
Sample size60
Shrinkage range0% to 70%
Patients receiving neoadjuvant ch…34 (57%)