… of complex cancer surgery in Catalonia, starting in 2011, has been accompanied by periodic
external audits by the Catalan Cancer … excision (TME) for surgical treatment of rectal cancer. …

… the first examples of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). His platform
… due to advancements in perioperative care, video and instrument systems, and robotics. …

… [17] performed transanal rectal resections on cadaveric models using the da Vinci SP …
to the next step beyond TaTME, which is natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). …

… The first draft of the article and the video were prepared by KM and HK. All authors read and
… ) NOTES transanal rectal cancer resection using transanal endoscopic microsurgery and …

… Conference proceedings and videos were not included. Abstracts were initially … towards
direct organ target natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) applications in the …

… Narrow pelvis, fatty mesorectum, male sex, high BMI, and anterior-located large tumor are
risk factors for noncurative resection [6]. The transanal approach may provide better access …

… resection margins, especially when the tumor located at the lower third of rectum. …
endoscopic platforms (transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) 6 or transanal endoscopic …

… Future directions of transanal robotic surgery will undoubtedly lead to a new era of pure
natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), the ultimate in minimally invasive …

… Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery) was conceived by Professor Gerard Buess who, in
cooperation with Richard Wolf, created and developed the platform for endoscopic rectal surgery…

… Independent risk factors for LR were male sex, threatened resection margin on baseline
MRI, pathologic stage III cancer, and a positive circumferential resection margin on final …