title: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery.
abstract: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery, although technically challenging, offers a viable and perhaps superior outcome to radical abdominal or traditional transanal excision of rectal neoplasia. Appropriate training and case selection, as with any new technology, are mandatory to help ensure optimal results.
authors.affiliation: Universitatsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Buess
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Raestrup
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011127:Polyps / Q000601:surgery; D020700:Proctoscopes; D011351:Proctoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*