title: Transanal total mesorectal excision (TATME) - preliminary findings.
abstract: Fifteen years ago, laparoscopic surgery of rectal cancer was considered as radical in terms of oncology as open surgery. A trend to reduce surgical injury may be observed in surgery in recent years. In this paper the first experience in the new minimally invasive method of anterior rectal resection is described - through the transanal way. The procedure duration was 130 min. The use of transanal access in rectal cancer surgery is undoubtedly an alternative method to standard laparoscopic surgery. In patients with a large tumour in the lower rectum, the technique allows a longer rectal stump to be left below the resection border.
authors.affiliation: Chair and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Oncological Surgery, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piątkowski
authors.affiliation: Chair and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Oncological Surgery, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jackowski
authors.affiliation: Chair and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Oncological Surgery, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szeliga
authors.affiliation: Chair and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological and Oncological Surgery, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowak
keywords: anterior resection; colorectal cancer; laparoscopy