Trial reportSurgical endoscopy2015
Intra-abdominal bacterial contamination in TAMIS total mesorectal excision for rectal carcinoma: a prospective study.
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- Multi-database bibliometric analysis and cross-database comparison of NOSES research in colorectal cancer: integrated evidence from WoSCC and PubMed.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes and case volume effect of transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: a systematic review.Techniques in coloproctology · 2016Pooled it
- Randomized clinical trial on the use of a colon-occlusion device to assist rectal washout.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Trial
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- Feasibility of hybrid robotic rectal surgery.Surgery today · 2025Article
- Exfoliate cancer cell analysis in rectal cancer surgery: comparison of laparoscopic and transanal total mesorectal excision, a pilot study.Annals of coloproctology · 2023Article
- Functional outcome and quality of life after transanal minimal invasive pouch surgery.International journal of colorectal disease · 2022Article
- Locoregional recurrences after transanal total mesorectal excision of rectal cancer during implementation.The British journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Hybrid abdominal robotic approach with conventional transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for rectal cancer: feasibility and outcomes from a single institution.Journal of robotic surgery · 2020Article
- Anatomical Considerations and Procedure-Specific Aspects Important in Preventing Operative Morbidity during Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2020Review
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- Structured training pathway and proctoring; multicenter results of the implementation of transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) in the Netherlands.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: hype or new hope?Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2019Review
- The value of force and torque measurements in transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME).Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Article
- The current state of the transanal approach to the ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Review
- Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME): current status and future perspectives.Updates in surgery · 2019Review
- Short-term Outcomes of Transanal versus Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies.Journal of Cancer · 2019Article
- Transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: state of the art.Techniques in coloproctology · 2018Review
- Direct target NOTES: prospective applications for next generation robotic platforms.Techniques in coloproctology · 2018Article
- Evolution of transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: From top to bottom.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundNatural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is currently gaining a lot of attention. NOTES is expected to further reduce surgical trauma and improve patient care due to eliminating abdominal incisions. The interest in transrectal NOTES has grown slowly, because of concerns of bacterial contamination due to transection of the rectum at the start of the procedure. However, different studies already demonstrated that transanal TME (TaTME) can be performed without major complications. This prospective study focuses on the presence and clinical significance of peritoneal bacterial contamination after TaTME for rectal cancer.
methodsThree bacterial cultures were taken at standardized locations from the pelvic area after completion of the TaTME procedure and before closure of the incisional wounds. The cultures were evaluated for bacterial count and species identification. Furthermore, C-reactive protein and white blood cell count were measured perioperatively, and postoperative complications were recorded.
resultsTwenty-three consecutive patients were included between July 2013 and December 2014. Thirty-nine percent (9/23) of the cultures showed gastrointestinal flora. Four of these patients (44 %) developed presacral abscesses. The remaining 61 % (14/23) of the cultures were negative. None of these patients developed infectious complications.
conclusionTransanal TME procedures are associated with positive cultures in more than one-third of the patients. In these patients, postoperative locoregional infectious complications are more common.
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