What is it about?
The point is that the optimal incision surface can be obtained by combining the TaTME approach for rectal cancer that is difficult to resect with only the intra-abdominal approach.
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Why is it important?
Conventional surgery can only attack from one direction, but TaTME can be used to optimally attack tumors from another direction.
Perspectives
The combination of TaTME and the intra-abdominal approach is a powerful tool when it is difficult to remove the surgical field in the pelvis due to a large pelvic tumor.
Takuya yamaguchi
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This page is a summary of: Hybrid approach using laparoscopy and transanal minimally invasive surgery to treat rectal cancer with invasion to the seminal vesicles, Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, May 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/ases.12343.
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