title: Local excision by transanal endoscopic surgery.
abstract: Transanal endoscopic surgery (TES) consists of a series of anorectal surgical procedures using different devices that are introduced into the anal canal. TES has been developed significantly since it was first used in the 1980s. The key point for the success of these techniques is how accurately patients are selected. The main indication was the resection of endoscopically unresectable adenomas. In recent years, these techniques have become more widespread which has allowed them to be applied in conservative rectal procedures for both benign diseases and selected cases of rectal cancer. For more advanced rectal cancers it should be considered palliative or, in some controlled trials, experimental. The role of newer endoscopic techniques available has not yet been defined. TES may allow for new strategies in the treatment of rectal pathology, like transanal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery or total mesorectal excision.
authors: Luis J García-Flórez, Jorge L Otero-Díez, General and Digestive Surgery Service, Colorectal Unit, Hospital San Agustín, 33401 Avilés, Spain.
authors: Luis J
authors: LJ
authors: García-Flórez
authors: Luis J García-Flórez, Jorge L Otero-Díez, General and Digestive Surgery Service, Colorectal Unit, Hospital San Agustín, 33401 Avilés, Spain.
authors: Jorge L
authors: JL
authors: Otero-Díez
mesh_terms: D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors; D000067368:Transanal Endoscopic Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Chemoradiotherapy; Early rectal cancer; Rectal adenoma; Rectal polyps; Transanal endoscopic surgery