title: Transanal access for rectal tumors: the simultaneous use of a flexible endoscope and SILS.
abstract: The authors report that TEM with a single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) port can be facilitated by the use of a colonoscope instead of a conventional laparoscopic camera. The colonoscope can be inserted through one of the SILS channels and has the added benefit of flexibility, insufflation, irrigation, suction, and an operative port.
authors.affiliation: Department of Colorectal Surgery, Infanta Sofia University Hospital, San Sebastian de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain, ramon.cantero@salud.madrid.org.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cantero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salgado
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome