title: Early rectal cancer: local excision by Trans-anal Endoscopic Microsurgery (T.E.M.).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The microscopic trans-anal surgery is an important application of the mininvasive surgery of the rectum. The evaluation of the linfonodular involvement represents a limit to the conservative procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between January 2004 to December 2010, 14 patients have been chosen and undergone surgery with mininvasive treatment for primary rectum cancer (early rectal cancer).
  
  
  RESULTS
  After a follow-up of about 36 months (8-72) we encountered only one local recurrences on a patient with a T2 lesion, also treated with mininvasive treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results obtained by us using the T.E.M. have been all around very encouraging for the treatment of early rectal cancer.
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quarto
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sivero
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benassai
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Desiato
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perrotta
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benassai
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Massa
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011351:Proctoscopy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*