Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) for Rectal Cancer: University Hospital of North Tees Experience.

ABSTRACT: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is a minimally invasive technique that is increasingly being used to treat early rectal cancer (T1/T2). We studied the outcomes of TEM for rectal cancer at our institution looking at the indication, recurrence rate, need for further radical surgery, 30-day and 12-month mortality and complication rate. We performed a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of cases between 2008 and 2012: 110 TEM procedures were performed during this period: 40 were confirmed rectal cancers and 70 were benign. We analysed the data for the 40 patients with confirmed rectal cancer. Thirty (75 %) of the subjects were male with a mean age of 71 ± 10 years (range 49-90 years) and 19 (48 %) patients were ASA 3 and 4. Nineteen (48 %) of cancers were pT1, eighte

SUBMITTER: Osman KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4775597 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature