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01-04-2019 | Video Forum
Robotic TAMIS for local excision of ultra-distal neoplasia
Authors:
R. L. Shuck, S. W. Larach, S. Atallah
Published in:
Techniques in Coloproctology
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Issue 4/2019
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Excerpt
Precision has always been a cornerstone of robotic surgery, with the idea being that if dissection is more exact, the improvement in operative quality will translate into superior clinical outcomes. The advantage of precision-based local excision of rectal neoplasia has been proven [
1]; whether performed by transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) [
2] or by transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) [
3] the outcome remains the same [
4]. …