Transanal total mesorectal excision: current updates

Abstract

Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) is the latest in a long list of developments in the surgical treatment of low rectal cancer. This article describes the evolution of the technique, a brief summation of the technical procedure, the current literature into its results, and the possible future direction that it might take. It is the authors’ opinion that TaTME will form another technique within the modern colorectal surgeon’s armament.

Keywords

Transanal total mesorectal excision / transanal / rectal cancer

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