Open AccessTransanal Total Mesorectal Excision: Is There a Real Advantage? The Baltic View
Author(s) -
Saulius Mikalauskas,
Simonas Ūselis,
Dignė Jurkevičiūtė,
Tomas Poškus,
Eligijus Poškus,
Kęstutis Strupas
Publication year - 2019
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 - 10.1159/000495309
Subject(s) - medicine , total mesorectal excision , surgery , colorectal cancer , cancer
The 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.