Transanal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) rectal resection: “down-to-up” total mesorectal excision (TME)—short-term outcomes in the first 20 cases - de Lacy, Antonio M.; Rattner, David W.; Adelsdorfer, Cedric; Tasende, Marta M.; Fernández, María; Delgado, Salvadora; Sylla, Patricia; Martínez-Palli, Graciela (Surgical endoscopy, 2013)
Keywords: Abdomen; Abdominal Surgery; Adenocarcinoma - surgery; Adult; Aged; Biopsy; Body mass index; Clinical medicine; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal surgery; Contraindications; Digestive System Surgical Procedures - instrumentation; Digestive System Surgical Procedures - methods; Endoscopy; Female; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal surgery; Gynecology; Hepatology; Hospitals; Humans; Laparoscopy; Lymphatic system; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery - instrumentation; Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery - methods; Patient Selection; Proctology; Prospective Studies; Rectal Neoplasms - surgery; Surgery; Treatment Outcome; Spain; NOTES; Minimally invasive surgery; Rectal cancer; MANOS; Transanal