Functional outcomes after resections for low rectal tumors: comparison of Transanal with laparoscopic Total Mesorectal excision.

Mateusz RubinkiewiczPiotr ZarzyckiJan WitowskiMagdalena PisarskaNatalia GajewskaGrzegorz TorbiczMichał NowakowskiPiotr MajorAndrzej BudzyńskiMichał Pędziwiatr

Published in: BMC surgery (2019)

TaTME provided comparable outcomes in terms of functional outcomes in comparison to LaTME for total mesorectal excision in low rectal cancers. Having said that, LARS prevalence is still high and requires further evaluation of the technique.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
risk factors
robot assisted
metabolic syndrome
young adults
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle