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<p>Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) is a trending and promising surgical procedure to treat rectal cancer with oncologically oriented precision. Complication rates are promising after the learning curve is passed. A prospective study on the first 12 consecutive TaTME patients was done. The primary aim was the intraoperative and the early and late postoperative complications rate. Оne persisting failure as an intraoperative complication was reported: two anastomotic leaks and a ventral hernia as postoperative complications. TaTME is safe in terms of intra- and postoperative complications.</p>
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Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) is a trending and promising surgical procedure to treat rectal cancer with oncologically oriented precision. Complication rates are promising after the learning curve is passed. A prospective study on the first 12 consecutive TaTME patients was done. The primary aim was the intraoperative and the early and late postoperative complications rate. Оne persisting failure as an intraoperative complication was reported: two anastomotic leaks and a ventral hernia as postoperative complications. TaTME is safe in terms of intra- and postoperative complications.

Complications in Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (TATME) – Early Experience

Department of Surgical Propaedeutics, Faculty of Medicine

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) is a trending and promising surgical procedure to treat rectal cancer with oncologically oriented precision....

Complications in Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (TATME) – Early Experience

Publicado en línea: 13 dic 2022

Páginas: 130 - 134

Recibido: 21 nov 2021

Aceptado: 07 sept 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbcr-2022-0018

Palabras clave
rectal cancer, laparoscopic surgery, complications

© 2022 Martin P. Karamanliev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Complications in Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (TATME) – Early Experience

Publicado en línea: 13 dic 2022

Páginas: 130 - 134

Recibido: 21 nov 2021

Aceptado: 07 sept 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbcr-2022-0018

Palabras claverectal cancer, laparoscopic surgery, complications

© 2022 Martin P. Karamanliev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
rectal cancer, laparoscopic surgery, complications