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Comparison of Anastomotic Stricture/Stenosis After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer with Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision
Anastomotic stricture/stenosis is an alarming complication develo** after colorectal surgery. The purpose of this study was to compare the severity...
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Robotic Nerve-Sparing Total Mesorectal Excision
The laparoscopic approach to rectal cancer is a technically difficult procedure associated with a long learning curve, leading to high rates of...
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Is survival after transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) worse than that after traditional total mesorectal excision? A retrospective propensity score-adjusted cohort study
PurposeTransanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) was developed to provide better vision during resection of the mesorectum. Conflicting results...
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Can Total Mesorectal Excision Be Avoided in T2 Rectal Cancer?
In parallel to the rising incidence of rectal cancer in high-income nations, revolutions in treatment modalities have raised the question of whether...
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Conversion rate to open surgery during transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for rectal cancer: a single-center experience
Minimally invasive techniques for rectal cancer have demonstrated considerable advantages in terms of faster recovery and less post-operative...
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Impact of the approach on conversion to open surgery during minimally invasive restorative total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer
BackgroundThe aim of this study is to explore the impact of the approach on conversion in patients undergoing minimally invasive restorative total...
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Feasibility and safety of robotic surgery for low rectal cancer combined with transanal total mesorectal excision
PurposeLaparoscopic surgery for low rectal cancer is often challenging. Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) and robotic surgery have been...
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Three-dimensional visualization of the total mesorectal excision plane for dissection in rectal cancer surgery and its ability to predict surgical difficulty
Total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer is often technically challenging. We aimed to develop a method for three-dimensional (3D)...
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The impact of mesorectal fat area on recurrence following total mesorectal excision for lower rectal cancer
BackgroundThe mesorectal fat area (MFA) at the tip of the ischial spines on magnetic resonance imaging has been used to characterize mesorectal...
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IRIS U kit usefulness in transanal total mesorectal excision for lower rectal cancer to avoid urethral injury
Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) has improved the laparoscopic dissection for rectal cancer in the narrow pelvis. Although taTME has more...
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Perioperative and long-term oncological outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic total mesorectal excision: a retrospective study of 672 patients
Although there’s growing information about the long-term oncological effects of robotic surgery for rectal cancer, the procedure is still relatively...
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Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME)
The taTME for rectal cancer is an integrated combination of transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM), transanal microinvasive surgery,...
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Oncologic outcomes following transanal total mesorectal excision: the United States experience
AimThe benefits and short-term outcomes of transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) for rectal cancer have been demonstrated previously, but...
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Peri-operative, oncological and functional outcomes of robotic versus transanal total mesorectal excision in patients with rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundComparative outcomes of robotic low anterior resection (rTME) and trans-anal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) in patients with low rectal...
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Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer: Top Down or Bottom Up?
cTotal mesorectal excision (TME) is the gold standard treatment for rectal cancers that cannot be treated with local excision alone and locally...
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Total Mesorectal Excision/Low Anterior Resection (Open, Laparoscopic)
This chapter describes the detailed steps for a standard total mesorectal excision (TME) as applied during low anterior resection (LAR) for rectal...
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Parallel, component training in robotic total mesorectal excision
There has been widespread adoption of robotic total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer in recent years. There is now increasing interest in...
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Oncological monitoring after transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for rectal neoplasia
BackgroundThe surgical treatment of choice for rectal neoplasia is total mesorectal excision (TME). The transanal approach enables a better approach...
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Local Excision Versus Total Mesorectal Excision After Favourable Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Low Rectal Cancer: a Multi-centre Experience
The gold standard surgical management of curable rectal cancer is proctectomy with total mesorectal excision. Adding preoperative radiotherapy...
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Robotic Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME)
The treatment of low rectal cancers with the intention of sphincter preservation can be challenging given the anatomy of the pelvis and the ability...