Fig. 1From: The feasibility, safety and short-term clinical efficacy of laparoscopic anterior resection of rectal cancer with left colonic artery (LCA) preservation and natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE)A D3 lymph node dissection at the root of the inferior mesenteric artery, B preservation of the left colonic artery; LCA left colonic artery; IMA inferior mesenteric artery; SHP superior hypogastric plexusBack to article page