title: Transanal total mesorectal excision: surgical technique description and outcomes.
abstract: Minimally invasive techniques (MIS) have been evolving quickly in colorectal surgery during the last two decades. Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) was developed as a combination of skills acquired from different MIS approaches such as Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM), Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) and Natural Orifices Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). TaTME allows for a better visualization of surgical planes of dissection and achievement of rectal resection following oncologic principles. We here present the standardized taTME technique in use at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and our published outcomes in rectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: a Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain ;|b General Surgery Department, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Université de Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Jean-Sébastien
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Trépanier
authors.affiliation: a Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain ;
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Hevia
authors.affiliation: a Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain ;
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lacy
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000067368:Transanal Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods*
keywords: MIS; Transanal TME; colorectal; taTME; total mesorectal excision