Transanal total mesorectal excision in the prone jackknife position without being conscious of the size of prostatic enlargement for lower rectal cancer

• Published in: International cancer conference journal Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 107 - 111
• Main Authors: Uematsu, Dai, Akiyama, Gaku, Sugihara, Takeiko, Magishi, Akiko, Imai, Minoru, Ono, Kojiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.07.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Dissection; Enlargement; Hyperplasia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Morphology; Oncology; Pelvis; Prostate; Rectum; Sacrum; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Surgical techniques; Video; Video Article; Prone jackknife position; Total mesorectal excision; Transanal approach; Rectal cancer; Prostatic enlargement; Prostatic hypertrophy

In 1982, it was demonstrated that a total mesorectal excision alone could achieve low rectal cancer recurrence rates in the pelvis and high disease-free survival rates. Nowadays, the total mesorectal excision is the gold-standard surgery for rectal cancer. Currently, the transanal total mesorectal e...