Observational studyTechniques in coloproctology2014
Atypical indications for transanal endoscopic microsurgery to avoid major surgery.
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- Clinical and surgical management of recto-urinary fistula after radical prostatectomy: a systematic review on current evidence.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2026Review
- Long-term outcomes of pT1 rectal cancer after transanal endoscopic surgery: again, a word of caution on high local recurrence - a cohort study.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026Observational
- Minimally Invasive Rectal Surgery: Current Status and Future Perspectives in the Era of Digital Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- How to Study the Location and Size of Rectal Tumors That Are Candidates for Local Surgery: Rigid Rectoscopy, Magnetic Resonance, Endorectal Ultrasound or Colonoscopy? An Interobservational Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Trans-anal endoscopic microsurgery for non- adenomatous rectal lesions.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Article
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- Current Challenges for Education and Training in Transanal Surgery.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2021Review
- A scoring system to predict complex transanal endoscopic surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Observational
- Evolution of Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2020Review
- Is Local Resection of Anal Canal Tumors Feasible with Transanal Endoscopic Surgery?World journal of surgery · 2020Observational
- Transanal endoscopic microsurgery in very large and ultra large rectal neoplasia.Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Observational
- Importance of Resection Margins in the Treatment of Rectal Adenomas by Transanal Endoscopic Surgery.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019Article
- Perforation in the peritoneal cavity during transanal endoscopic microsurgery for rectal tumors: a real surgical complication with a challenging prognosis?Surgical endoscopy · 2019Observational
- Morbidity after transanal endoscopic microsurgery: risk factors for postoperative complications and the design of a 1-day surgery program.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Observational
- Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2017Review
- Repair of a colonoscopic perforation of the rectum with transanal endoscopic microsurgery.Techniques in coloproctology · 2016Article
- Further evidence for preoperative chemoradiotherapy and transanal endoscopic surgery (TEM) in T2-3s,N0,M0 rectal cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2016Observational
- Hybrid NOTES: TEO for transanal total mesorectal excision: intracorporeal resection and anastomosis.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Observational
- Removal of gallstone from mesorectum after laparoscopic cholecystectomy - new indication for transanal endoscopic microsurgery technique.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2016Article
- Local excision by transanal endoscopic surgery.World journal of gastroenterology · 2015Review
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Abstract
backgroundTransanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) was originally designed for the removal of rectal tumors, principally incipient adenomas, and adenocarcinomas up to 20 cm from the anal verge. However, with the evolution of the technique and the increase in surgeons' experience, new indications have emerged and TEM may now be used in place of other surgical procedures which are associated with higher morbidity. The aim of our study was to evaluate our group's use of TEM or transanal endoscopic operations (TEO) for conditions other than rectal tumors.
methodsAn observational study of TEM (using Wolf equipment) or TEO (using Storz equipment) for indications other than excision of rectal tumors was conducted from June 2004 to July 2012.
resultsFour hundred twenty-four procedures were performed using TEM/TEO: removal of adenocarcinomas in 148 (34.9 %) patients, adenomas in 236 (55.7 %), post-polypectomy excision in 12 (2.8 %), removal of neuroendocrine tumors in 8 (1.9 %), and atypical indications in 20 (4.7 %). Atypical indications were pelvic abscess (3), benign rectal stenoses (2), rectourethral fistula after prostatectomy (3), gastrointestinal stromal tumor (3), endorectal condylomata acuminata (1), rectal prolapse (2), extraction of impacted fecaloma in the rectosigmoid junction (1), repair of traumatic and iatrogenic perforation of the rectum (2), and presacral tumor (3).
conclusionsThe use of TEM/TEO in atypical indications may benefit patients by avoiding surgical procedures associated with greater morbidity.
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