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ArticleVisceral medicine2019

Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision: Is There a Real Advantage? The Baltic View.

Saulius Mikalauskas, Simonas Uselis, Digne Jurkeviciutė, Tomas Poskus, Eligijus Poskus, Kestutis Strupas

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Article in Visceral medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Incidence and Risk Factors of Surgical Complications and Anastomotic Leakage After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision for Middle and Low Rectal Cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saulius MikalauskasCenter of Abdominal Surgery, Vilnius University.
Simonas UselisCenter of Abdominal Surgery, Vilnius University.
Digne JurkeviciutėFaculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Tomas PoskusCenter of Abdominal Surgery, Vilnius University.
Eligijus PoskusCenter of Abdominal Surgery, Vilnius University.
Kestutis StrupasCenter of Abdominal Surgery, Vilnius University.
Vilnius University · LT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe novel surgical procedure transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) has rapidly become an interest of research in order to overcome the shortcomings of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of middle and low rectal cancer. taTME is a new natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery modality combining three rectal surgery techniques.

methodsA retrospective clinical study was conducted in a single centre for a period of 3 years, and herein we report on our first 25 taTME procedures in patients with middle and lower third rectal adenocarcinoma.

resultsThe main demographics were evaluated. The mean age of patients was 64 ± 12 years. There were predominantly males (72%) and 7 female patients (28%) with an average body mass index of 29 ± 4.8 kg/m

conclusionOur results nicely demonstrate that taTME can be safely performed with acceptable perioperative complications in patients with middle or lower third rectal cancer. In addition, the perioperative morbidity is also acceptable. However, taTME remains a technically highly demanding operation but is feasible and safe after the appropriate experience is gained. Nevertheless, larger multi-centre prospective randomised studies are ongoing to confirm the safety and to verify oncological results when compared to laparoscopic rectal surgery.

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Minimally invasiveRectal cancerSurgerytaTMETotal mesorectal excision

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PMID31367610
PMCPMC6616097
OpenAlexW2914443471

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