title: Standards, advances and challenges in laparoscopic total mesorectal excision.
authors.forename: Dimitrios H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Roukos
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katsios
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000601:surgery; D057868:Anastomotic Leak / Q000517:prevention & control; D003625:Data Collection; D005060:Europe; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D018579:Patient Selection; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires