Exploring the perioperative outcomes of a sample of successful adopters of transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) during the learning phase

Transanal total mesorectal excision can be a technically challenging operation to master. While many early adopters have reported adequate outcomes, others have failed to reproduce these results. There are contradicting data on oncologic outcomes during the learning phase of this technique. Thus, our objective was to perform a multicentered assessment of oncological outcomes in patients undergoing transanal total mesorectal excision during the learning phase in a sample of successful adopting centers.

Source: Surgery - November 24, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Antonio Caycedo-Marulanda, Kara Nadeau, Chris P. Verschoor, Dana Sands, Antonino Spinelli, Shady Ashamalla, Sunil V. Patel, Francesca Di Candido, Angela Mujukian, Karen Zaghiyan, Grant Stevenson, Albert Wolthuis, David A. Clark, Andre D ’Hoore, Andrew S Source Type: research