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Transanal Approaches: Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS)

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Techniques in Minimally Invasive Rectal Surgery

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Following the popularization of colorectal cancer screening, the incidence of large rectal polyps and early-stage cancer is increasing [1]. Due to the suboptimal functional outcomes following proctectomy, an aging population, stoma aversion, and improving response rates following neoadjuvant chemoradiation, local excision of large polyp early-stage rectal cancer is increasingly being requested by patients and utilized in clinical practice [2]. The modalities available for the local excision of both large polyps and early-stage rectal cancers include traditional transanal excision (TAE), colonoscopic/endoscopic mucosal resection, and transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM).

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  1. Center for Colon & Rectal Surgery, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA

    John P. Burke Ph.D., F.R.C.S.I.

  2. Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Center for Colon and Rectal Surgery, Florida Hospital, 2501 N Orange Avenue, Suite 240, Orlando, FL, 32804, USA

    Matthew R. Albert M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S.

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    Alessio Pigazzi

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Burke, J.P., Albert, M.R. (2018). Transanal Approaches: Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS). In: Pigazzi, A. (eds) Techniques in Minimally Invasive Rectal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16381-9_3

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