ReviewSurgery today2016
Transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.
Review in Surgery today, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Deep learning-based pelvimetry in pelvic MRI volumes for pre-operative difficulty assessment of total mesorectal excision.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Transperineal minimally invasive surgery during laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for low rectal cancer could improve short-term outcomes: A single-institution retrospective cohort study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Avoiding urethral and rectal injury during transperineal abdominoperineal resection in male patients with anorectal cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Combined laparoscopic and transperineal endoscopic total pelvic exenteration for local recurrence of rectal cancer.Techniques in coloproctology · 2020Article
- Trans-perineal minimally invasive surgery during laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for low rectal cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Transanal TME: new standard or fad?Journal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2019Review
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Rectal Cancer: Current Status and Future Perspectives.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2017Review
- A novel physical colonoscopy simulator based on analysis of data from computed tomography colonography.Surgery today · 2017Article
- Efficacy of an additional flap operation in bladder-preserving surgery with radical prostatectomy and cystourethral anastomosis for rectal cancer involving the prostate.Surgery today · 2017Article
- A comparison of the localization of rectal carcinomas according to the general rules of the Japanese classification of colorectal carcinoma (JCCRC) and Western guidelines.Surgery today · 2017Article
- Treatment of tailgut cysts by extended distal rectal segmental resection with rectoanal anastomosis.Surgery today · 2017Article
- Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision: A Novel Approach to Rectal Surgery.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2017Review
- A novel transanal tube designed to prevent anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: the WING DRAIN.Surgery today · 2017Article
- Towards the development of simultaneous two-field robotic surgery.Techniques in coloproctology · 2016Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Although laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer has been gaining acceptance with the gradual accumulation of evidence, it remains a technically demanding procedure in patients with a narrow pelvis, bulky tumors, or obesity. To overcome the technical difficulties associated with laparoscopic rectal dissection and transection, transanal endoscopic rectal dissection, which is also referred to as transanal (reverse, bottom-up) total mesorectal excision (TME), has recently been introduced. Its potential advantages include the facilitation of the dissection of the anorectum, regardless of the patient body habitus, and a clearly defined safe distal margin and transanal extraction of the specimen. This literature review shows that this approach seems to be feasible with regard to the operative and short-term postoperative outcomes. In experienced hands, transanal TME is a promising method for the resection of mid- and low-rectal cancers. Further investigations are required to clarify the long-term oncological and functional outcomes.
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