title: Transanal TME: a bum rap?
authors.affiliation: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bendl
authors.affiliation: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9993-0563
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bergamaschi
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D010388:Pelvis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D012737:Sex Factors; D000067368:Transanal Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods*