Surgery remains the mainstay of curative treatment for primary rectal cancer. For mid and
low rectal tumors, optimal oncologic surgery requires total mesorectal excision (TME) to …

Surgery that produces an optimal total mesorectal excision (TME) resection specimen
remains the cornerstone of curative rectal cancer management. In the modern era, despite …

This book is divided into 11 sections. It begins with epidemiology, current approaches to
imaging and the pathological assessment of rectal cancer and tumor regression following …

Background To analyze pathologic and perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic vs. open
resections for rectal cancer performed over the last 10 years. Methods A systematic literature …

The development and implementation of newer treatment modalities have significantly
increased the complexity in the management of rectal cancer, 1 with surgical treatment …

The goal of this review is to outline some of the important surgical issues surrounding the
management of patients with early (T1/T2 and N0), as well as locally advanced (T3/T4 …

Total mesorectal excision (TME) is the standard surgical care for rectal cancer (1-3). Local
recurrence rates have decreased from 45% using traditional techniques to less than 10 …

Background Robotic surgery for rectal cancer is gaining popularity, but evidence on long-
term oncological outcomes is scarce. We aimed to compare surgical quality and long-term …

While the treatment of rectal cancer is multimodal, above all, a proper oncological resection
is critical. The surgical management of rectal cancer has substantially evolved over the past …

Goals Total mesorectal excision (TME) is the gold standard technique for the surgical
treatment of rectal cancer. Despite the benefits of minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic …