title: Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) versus transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM): is one better than the other?
authors.affiliation: Center for Colon and Rectal Surgery, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA, atallah@post.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Sam B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Atallah
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Albert
mesh_terms: D003107:Colorectal Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000193:education*; D008961:Models, Structural; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000193:education*
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