Local Excision of Rectal Cancer

Local excision (LE) of early-stage rectal cancer avoids the morbidity associated with radical surgery but has historically been associated with inferior oncologic outcomes. Newer techniques, including transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) and transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS), have been...

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Published inThe Surgical clinics of North America Vol. 97; no. 3; p. 573
Main Authors Young, Daniel Owen, Kumar, Anjali S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2017
Subjects
Colorectal Surgery - methods
Humans
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Rectal Neoplasms - surgery
Rectal Neoplasms - therapy
Rectum - surgery
Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery
Transanal Endoscopic Surgery - methods
Local excision
Rectal cancer
TAMIS
TEM
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Summary:Local excision (LE) of early-stage rectal cancer avoids the morbidity associated with radical surgery but has historically been associated with inferior oncologic outcomes. Newer techniques, including transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) and transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS), have been developed to improve the quality of LE and extend the benefits of LE to tumors in the more proximal rectum. This article provides an overview of conventional LE, TEM, and TAMIS techniques, including indications for their use and pertinent literature on their associated outcomes for rectal cancer.
ISSN:1558-3171
DOI:10.1016/j.suc.2017.01.007