Objective: To report a minimal invasive technique for repairing an anastomotic leakage with
Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) without creating a protective ostomy. Summary …

Purpose Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is a minimally invasive procedure used
to transanally excise select benign and malignant tumors of the rectum. In properly selected …

Endoluminal and minimally invasive techniques have a long history and bright future in
colorectal surgery. First, we will examine how old (colonoscopy) and new (laparoscopy) …

Background: The first author performed transanal endoscopic surgery (TEM) in 302 patients
in Japan for the last 20 years, 153 of which were early rectal cancer cases. The short-and …

OBJECTIVE: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) allows complete local excision of
rectal tumor, especially in the middle and upper part of the rectum, and provides an …

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a new concept that attempts to
reduce the impact of surgery on the patient. In surgical oncology several studies have …

Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) represents a burgeoning but still
largely experimental field. For surgeries involving the upper abdominal organs, the …

There has been a progressive evolution in the field of surgery over the past 100 years—from
the invasive open laparotomy to increasing less invasive techniques of laparoscopy …

Cancer of the rectum continues to be a significant health problem in industrialized co-tries
around the world. Relative 5-year survival rates in the USA for cancer of the rectum from …