Abdominoperineal Resection (APR)

About Your Abdominal Perineal Resection (APR) Surgery (63 pages) – This is an amazing guide for patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC who will be having APR surgery. It provides detailed and very helpful tips for pre- and post-surgery.

I’m a Nurse with a Stoma (4 pages) – An inspiring first person story written by a 25-year old Registered Nurse with a permanent ileostomy and a ‘barbie butt.’ She recounts her history in an easy to understand, reassuring way – from discovering she had ulcerative colitis, through her surgery for an end ileostomy, and ultimately a proctectomy.