Fig. 17From: A primer to common major gastrointestinal post-surgical anatomy on CT—a pictorial reviewLower anterior resection. a Axial contrast-enhanced CT images of a 59-year-old man with lower anterior resection for rectal cancer 13 cm from the anal border shows the low colo-rectal anastomosis (white arrow). There is preservation of the distal rectum (with rectal tube) in the pre-coccygeal area (b). The anus is also spared (not shown)Back to article page