title: Transanal endoscopic video-assisted (TEVA) resection of early rectal lesions using a SILS port A single center experience.
abstract: represents a safe and complete technique to remove benign lesions of the rectum not treatable by endoscopy and malignant rectal lesions at early stage. It is a valid alternative to transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM), to conventional transanal surgery and to transabdominal resection.
  
  
  METHODS
  In our operating Unit we performed a resection of 8 voluminous adenoma in the rectal ampulla with SILSTM-Port.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the patients was of 51.1 years, the mean BMI was 23. There were not intra or post-operative complications nor conversions to conventional transanal excision or major resective surgery. The postoperative course was normal. The average time of hospitalization was 3 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TEVA is easier to perform than TEM and does not require a long training and specific and expensive material as the TEM does. TEVA might go to replace completely TEM.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Rectal tumours, SILS, TEVA.
authors.forename: Calogero
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cipolla
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.forename: Giuseppa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Graceffa
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morini
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guercio
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vieni
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pantuso
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery*; D018253:Adenoma, Villous / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000067368:Transanal Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods*