Table 3. Surgical approach and tumour distance from the anal verge (n=34).

	Surgical approach (no. of patients)
Tumour distance from anal verge	Deep anterior resection	Abdomino-perineal resection	Hartmann resection	Total
0–5 cm	13	6	2	21
>5–10 cm	7	0	1	8
>10 cm	5	0	0	5
All tumours	25	6	3	34

Note: The tumor distance could not be calculated in one patient with local relapsed rectal cancer, and one patient refused surgery.