Transanal TATA/TME: a case-matched study of taTME versus laparoscopic TME surgery for rectal cancer

摘要

Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has always made more sense in the colorectal field where the target organ for entry houses the pathology. To address the question whether an adequate total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer can be performed from a transanal bottoms-up approach, we performed a case-matched study.