"Down-to-Up" transanal NOTES Total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: Preliminary series of 9 patients

"Down-to-Up" transanal NOTES Total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: Preliminary series of 9 patients

Background: Applications for natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) to access the abdominal cavity have increased in recent years. Despite potential advantages of transanal and transcolonic NOTES for colorectal pathology, it has not been widely applied in the clinical setting. This...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Zorron, Henrique N. Phillips, Greg Wynn, Manoel P. Galvao Neto, Djalma Coelho, Ricardo C. Vassallo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
Subjects:
Colorectal surgery
laparoscopy
LESS
natural orifice surgery
NOTES
perirectal NOTES access
rectal cancer
single access surgery
SPA
TAMIS
TME
total mesorectal excision
transanal
transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery
transcolonic
Online Access:http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2014;volume=10;issue=3;spage=144;epage=150;aulast=Zorron

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