title: Current status of trans-anal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) following the Second International Consensus Conference.
abstract: This article documents the consensus of an expert group of surgeons from the Second International Trans-anal Total Mesorectal Excision (TaTME) Conference held in Paris in July 2014. It outlines three facets of the TaTME procedure: (i) the technique and its indications, (ii) training and adoption, and (iii) data collection and the TaTME registry.
authors.affiliation: The ICENI Centre, Colchester University Hospital and Anglia Ruskin University, Colchester, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Motson
authors.affiliation: Oregon Clinic and Providence Cancer Centre, Portland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Whiteford
authors.affiliation: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Headington, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hompes
authors.affiliation: Florida Hospital, Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.affiliation: Worthing Hospital, Worthing, Sussex, UK.
authors.forename: W F A
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7217-5745
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Miles
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D011349:Proctitis / Q000601:surgery*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D012737:Sex Factors; D000067368:Transanal Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods*