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ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2024

Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) for local excision of benign and malignant rectal neoplasia: a 7-year experience.

William P Duggan, Niall Heagney, Sean Gray, Enda Hannan, John P Burke

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Article in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William P DugganDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Niall HeagneyDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Sean GrayDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Enda HannanDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
John P BurkeDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. johnburke@rcsi.ie.
Beaumont Hospital · IERoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTransanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) is an advanced transanal platform that can be utilised to perform high-quality local excision (LE) of rectal neoplasia. This study describes clinical and midterm oncological outcomes from a single unit's 7-year experience with TAMIS.

methodsConsecutive patients who underwent TAMIS LE at our institution between January 1st, 2016, and December 31st, 2022, were identified from a prospectively maintained database. Indication for TAMIS LE was benign lesions not amenable to endoscopic excision or histologically favourable early rectal cancers. The primary endpoints were resection quality, disease recurrence and peri-operative outcomes. The Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were used to describe disease-free survival (DFS) for patients with rectal adenocarcinoma that did not receive immediate salvage proctectomy.

resultsThere were 168 elective TAMIS LE procedures performed for 102 benign and 66 malignant lesions. Overall, a 95.2% negative margin rate was observed, and 96.4% of lesions were submitted without fragmentation. Post-operative morbidity was recorded in 8.3% of patients, with post-operative haemorrhage, being the most common complication encountered. The mean follow-up was 17 months (SD 15). Local recurrence occurred in 1.6%, and distant organ metastasis was noted in 1.6% of patients.

conclusionsFor carefully selected patients, TAMIS for local excision of early rectal neoplasia is a valid option with low morbidity that maintains the advantages of organ preservation.

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Digestive System Surgical ProceduresProctectomyRectal NeoplasmsDatabases, FactualHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalMinimally invasive surgeryRectal cancerSurgical oncologyTAMIS

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PMID38191937
PMCPMC10774178
OpenAlexW4390686520

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