title: Transanal polypectomy using single incision laparoscopic instruments.
abstract: Transanal excision of rectal polyps with laparoscopic instrumentation and a single incision laparoscopic port is a novel technique that uses technology originally developed for abdominal procedures from the natural orifice of the rectum. Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is a well established surgical approach for certain benign or early malignant lesions of the rectum, under specific indications. Our technique is a hybrid technique of transanal surgery, a reasonable method for polyp resection without the need of the sophisticated and expensive instrumentation of TEM which can be applied whenever endoscopic or conventional transanal surgical removal is not feasible.
authors.affiliation: Dimitrios Dardamanis, Dimitrios Theodorou, George Theodoropoulos, Andreas Larentzakis, Maria Natoudi, Georgia Doulami, Haridimos Markogiannakis, Stylianos Katsaragakis, George C Zografos, First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Hippocration Hospital, Vasilissis Sofias 114 avenue, Athens 11527, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dardamanis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Theodorou
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Theodoropoulos
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Larentzakis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Natoudi
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Doulami
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zoumpouli
authors.forename: Haridimos
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Markogiannakis
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katsaragakis
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Zografos