Open AccessIs Previous Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery for Early Rectal Cancer a Risk Factor of Worse Outcome following Salvage Surgery A Case-Matched Analysis
Author(s) -
Audrius Dulskas,
Aivaras Atkociunas,
Alfredas Kilius,
Kęstutis Petrulis,
Narimantas Evaldas Samalavičius
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000493281
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , total mesorectal excision , microsurgery , stage (stratigraphy) , salvage surgery , demographics , colorectal cancer , exact test , cancer , radiation therapy , paleontology , demography , sociology , biology
Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is a minimally invasive procedure which allows local excision of early-stage rectal cancer and can be used as an alternative treatment to radical surgery. Patients can undergo salvage total mesorectal excision (sTME) following TEM after finding of unfavourable histological features. This study aimed to compare results and possible complications of sTME following TEM and primary TME (pTME) procedures.