Purpose: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery, developed by Buess in the 1980s, has
become increasingly popular in recent years. No large studies have compared the …

PURPOSE: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery provides a minimally invasive alternative to
radical surgery for excision of benign and malignant rectal tumors. The purpose of this study …

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to systematically review the evidence relating to the
safety and efficacy of transanal endoscopic microsurgery, a relatively new technique used to …

Background: Local excision of rectal lesions is being increasingly undertaken, especially in
those unfit for major surgery. The traditional transanal approach is often cumbersome and …

BACKGROUND: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery is the intraluminal excision of rectal
lesions with the use of instrumentation to maintain a stable pneumorectum, enabling a …

Rectal adenomas and cancers occur frequently. Small adenomas can be removed
colonoscopically, whereas larger polyps are removed via conventional transanal excision …

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe a single institution's experience with
transanal endoscopic microsurgery in patients with benign and malignant rectal tumors …

BACKGROUND: There are no data comparing the quality of local excision of rectal
neoplasms using transanal endoscopic microsurgery and transanal minimally invasive …

BACKGROUND: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery, a minimally invasive procedure for
treatment of early-stage rectal cancer, carcinoid tumors, and adenomas, is shown to be a …

PURPOSE Local excision is a commonly used technique for many benign and selected
malignant rectal lesions. Compared with radical resection, it is associated with decreased …