Comparison of transanal total mesorectal excision and robotic total mesorectal excision for low rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 35; no. 12; pp. 6998 - 7004
• Main Authors: Shin, Jung Kyong, Kim, Hee Cheol, Yun, Seong Hyeon, Park, Yoon Ah, Cho, Yong Beom, Huh, Jung Wook, Lee, Woo Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Anus; Cancer therapies; Catheters; Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Dissection; Endoscopy; Gastroenterology; Gynecology; Hepatology; Humans; Laparoscopy; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neoadjuvant Therapy; Postoperative Complications; Proctology; Radiation therapy; Rectal Neoplasms - surgery; Rectum; Rectum - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Robotic Surgical Procedures; Robotics; Surgery; Surgical techniques; Transanal Endoscopic Surgery; Treatment Outcome; Robotic TME; Total mesorectal excision; Transanal TME; Rectal cancer; Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Background To improve the quality of surgery for rectal cancer, both transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) and robotic total mesorectal excision (R-TME) can be performed. However, few studies have compared outcomes of taTME and R-TME, especially for patients with low rectal cancer after underg...