Total mesorectal excision (TME) has transformed the outcome of surgery for patients with
rectal cancer since its inception more than 25 years ago. 1 Subsequently, with the …

647 Diseases of the Colon &ReCtum Volume 60: 6 (2017) achieving complete total
mesorectal excision while maintaining the completeness of the mesorectum is still …

Transanal surgery has and continues to be well accepted for local excision of benign rectal
disease not amenable to endoscopic resection. More recently, there has been increasing …

Surgical resection is the cornerstone of curative intent therapy for rectal cancer. The
introduction of the concept of total mesorectal excision (TME) led to significant decreases in …

Transanal excision (TAE) with conventional retractors and transanal endoscopic
microsurgery (TEM) are two well established minimally invasive surgical options for the …

Background Transanal TME is a new approach to performing minimally invasive rectal
resection. It is particularly well suited for patients with locally advanced distal rectal cancer …

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with a T1-T3 mid or low rectal cancer eligible for TME
or intersphincteric abdominoperineal excision were selected for a combined transanal and …

AIM: To describe the role of Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) in minimally
invasive rectal cancer surgery, to examine the differences in patient selection and in …

Introduction The aim of this study is to describe and evaluate our clinical short-term surgical
results of laparoscopic transanal total mesorectal excision. Methods Analysis of 100 …

Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) has been developed to overcome the difficulty
of laparoscopic dissection and transection in the deep pelvis. TaTME has several clinical …