Transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer has been suspended in Norway.

Hans H WasmuthA E FaerdenT Å MyklebustF PfefferS NordervalR RiisO C OlsenJ R LambrechtH KørnerS G Larsennull nullH M ForsmoO BaekkelundS LavikJ C KnappO SjoG Rashid

Published in: The British journal of surgery (2019)

Anastomotic leak rates after TaTME were higher than national rates; local recurrence rates and growth patterns were unfavourable.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
quality improvement
squamous cell carcinoma
free survival
radiation therapy