ArticleSurgical endoscopy2013
TAMIS-assisted laparoscopic low anterior resection with total mesorectal excision in a cadaveric series.
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- Systematic review of the feasibility of sparing the rectoprostatic fascia in male patients undergoing total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.Techniques in coloproctology · 2024Pooled it
- Transanal total mesorectal excision: a systematic review of the experimental and clinical evidence.Techniques in coloproctology · 2015Pooled it
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- Advancing mid-rectal cancer surgery: Unveiling the potential of natural orifice specimen extraction surgery in comparison to conventional laparoscopic-assisted resection.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Transanal endoscopic microsurgery: exploring its indications and novel applications. A narrative review.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2022Review
- Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) for rectal cancer: beyond the learning curve.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Learning Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2020Review
- Glove single-port laparoscopy-assisted transanal total mesorectal excision for low rectal cancer: a preliminary report.World journal of surgical oncology · 2019Article
- Transanal minimally invasive surgery for benign large rectal polyps and early malignant rectal cancers: experience and outcomes from the first Canadian centre to adopt the technique.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2017Article
- Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) for rectal cancer: a training pathway.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- Initial experience of transanal total mesorectal excision with rigid or flexible transanal platforms in cadavers.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- CT/MRI pelvimetry as a useful tool when selecting patients with rectal cancer for transanal total mesorectal excision.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- Transanal total mesorectal excision: A valid option for rectal cancer?World journal of gastroenterology · 2015Review
- Transanal total mesorectal excision: a pure NOTES approach for selected patients.Techniques in coloproctology · 2015Article
- Transanal total mesorectal excision assisted by single-port laparoscopic surgery for low rectal cancer.Techniques in coloproctology · 2015Article
- Laparo-endoscopic transgastric resection of gastric submucosal tumors.Surgical endoscopy · 2015Article
- Robotic transanal surgery for local excision of rectal neoplasia, transanal total mesorectal excision, and repair of complex fistulae: clinical experience with the first 18 cases at a single institution.Techniques in coloproctology · 2015Article
- Transanal endoscopic total mesorectal excision: technical aspects of approaching the mesorectal plane from below--a preliminary report.Techniques in coloproctology · 2015Article
- Topography of the extrinsic internal anal sphincter nerve supply during laparoscopic-assisted TAMIS TME: five key zones of risk from the surgeons' view.International journal of colorectal disease · 2015Article
- Stereotactic navigation for TAMIS-TME: opening the gateway to frameless, image-guided abdominal and pelvic surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative technique for the surgical management of rectal cancer, we performed transanal minimally invasive surgery assisted low anterior resection with total mesorectal excision (TAMIS-assisted LAR with TME) in a cadaver model. Transanal LAR via natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery has been reported in cadaveric series using rigid transanal platforms. This procedure has not been described using a combination of a single incision laparoscopy and TAMIS transanal endoscopic platform. We describe the first cadaveric series of TAMIS-assisted LAR with TME.
methodsTAMIS-assisted LAR with TME was successfully performed in five fresh human cadavers. The procedure was performed using the mini-Gelpoint single incision platform and the Gelpoint Path TAMIS platform (Applied Medical, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA). The variables recorded were age, body mass index (BMI), operative time, complications, and specimen length. The grade of the TME was determined by evaluation of the specimen by photo documentation by a gastrointestinal pathologist.
resultsAll cadavers were male with a mean age of 71 ± 8 years and mean BMI of 28 ± 3 kg/m(2). The mean operative time was 200 ± 55 min (range 128-249 min). The quality of the TME was grade I (complete) with intact mesorectum in all five cases. The mean specimen length was 36.8 ± 3.4 cm.
conclusionsTAMIS-assisted LAR with TME was feasible. A high-quality TME can be achieved using this innovative technique. Transanal endoscopic total mesorectal dissection may revolutionize the surgical management of rectal cancer. However, multicenter clinical trials are needed to further evaluate the oncologic safety and surgical outcomes of transanal endoscopic TME using various platforms before widespread application of this new technique.
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