BACKGROUND: Transanal total mesorectal excision is a new approach to curative-intent
rectal cancer surgery. Training and surgeon experience with this approach has not been …

Although laparoscopic resection for colon cancer has been proven safe and feasible when
compared with open resection, currently no clear evidence is available regarding minimally …

Less invasive approaches continue to be explored and refined for diseases of the colon and
rectum. The current gold standard for the surgical treatment of rectal cancer, total mesorectal …

Background Transanal minimally invasive surgery is a combination of single-port surgery
and transanal surgery and was initially developed as a treatment for rectal tumors. Recently …

Purpose We introduce a novel transanal tube (TAT), named the “WING DRAIN”, designed to
prevent anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery, and report the fundamental …

Background Laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection (APR) for low rectal cancer (LRC) is
performed worldwide. However, APR involves technical difficulties and often causes …

Background/Aim: Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) remains a challenging
technique for rectal dissection. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and oncological …

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 …

Background In abdominoperineal resection (APR) in male patients with rectal cancer, high
margin involvement and urethral injury have been reported to result from difficulty in …

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the localization of rectal cancers as classified
according to the general rules of the Japanese classification of colorectal carcinoma …