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

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

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

Aims: This review of literature aimed to assess the role and establish the current status of
transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) in the management of benign and malignant …

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 …

The objective of this study is to assess transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) as a
surgical strategy for stage I rectal cancer. The literature lacks level I and level II evidence of …

BACKGROUND: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery is a faster and safer alternative to
traditional surgical treatment of adenomas and low-risk (T1) rectal tumors. However …

Background Indications and results of local excision of rectal lesions are currently under
debate. Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM), allowing a precise, full-thickness …

Background The last three decades have witnessed significant improvements in the
diagnosis, staging and treatment of rectal cancer leading to a more tailored approach. One …