Preoperative chemoradiotherapy affects postoperative outcomes and functional results in patients treated with transanal endoscopic microsurgery for rectal neoplasms.

Gianluca RizzoD P PafundiF SionneL D'AgostinoG PietricolaM A GambacortaV ValentiniC Coco

Published in: Techniques in coloproctology (2021)

TEM is a safe procedure associated with only low risk of severe postoperative complications and major LARS. Preoperative CRT seems to increase the rate of postoperative morbidity after TEM and led to worse functional outcomes at 1 year after surgery.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
rectal cancer
locally advanced
minimally invasive
ultrasound guided
squamous cell carcinoma
heart failure
type diabetes
atrial fibrillation
weight loss
drug induced
light emitting