title: [Current status and prospect of transanal total mesorectal excision].
abstract: In the last 30 years, the treatment of rectal cancer has changed extensively including the emerge of total mesorectal excision, multidisciplinary approach, and laparoscopy. Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) has been a hot topic in the past several years. It was reported that taTME was safe and feasible, and had a satisfactory short-term outcomes. But at this stage it may be premature to compare a new technique, such as taTME, which is still evolving and developing instrumentation to well-established standard procedures like laparoscopic TME. What is possibly needed is selective cases, high quality operation, and more cohort studies with larger sample sizes addressing the safety, feasibility and efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Shanghai 200025, China. zmhtiger@yeah.net.
authors.forename: Minhua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms