This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Matthew R Albert during the Postgraduate Course: Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges on April 11 2018
Keyword(s): abdominal, anastomosis, Annals of Surgery, bactericidal, bleeding, Cecil approach, Circumferential Resection Margin, COLOR II trial, COLOR III trial, conversion rate, CRM, da Vinci Xi Surgical System, dissection, endoluminal access, endoscopic platform, exposure, extraperitoneal, fluorescence, French, full thickness proctotomy, laparoscopic instruments, laparoscopy, light source, Lonestar retractor, marginal artery, midline, mobilization, national cancer database, operative time, perineal, pursestring, rectal cancer surgery, rectal cuff, rectal stump, rectum, registry, robot, robotic platform, robotic surgery, scar, specimen, sphincter, stapler, TATA resection, taTME, total mesorectal excision, transanal TME, tumor, UStaTME trial, visualization, washout
taTME–4:42 Tech Coloproctol 2013
Citation–12:13 JACS 2015
Conclusion–17:54