Transanal minimally invasive surgery for total mesorectal excision (TAMIS-TME): Results and experience with the first 20 patients undergoing curative-intent rectal cancer surgery at a single institution

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 473-480

  Atallah, S ^a   Martin Perez, B ^a   Albert, M ^a   DeBeche Adams, T ^a   Nassif, G ^a   Hunter, L ^a   Larach, S ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural orifice surgery; Rectal cancer; TAMIS; TAMIS TME; TaTME; Total mesorectal excision; Transanal TME

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS ABSCESS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; YOUNG ADULT; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANAL CANAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901369365     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-013-1095-7     Document Type: Article

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