Laparoscopy-Assisted Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision

Background: Rectal cancer located in distal third still remains a technical challenge for surgeons. Transanal total mesorectal excision with laparoscopic assistance is quite new surgical approach for rectal cancer treatment that seems to solve some of the associated technical issues. The aim of the...

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Main Authors: Penchev Dimitar K., Ivanov Plamen G., Mutafchiyski Ventzislav M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-06-01
Series:Folia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2018.61.issue-2/folmed-2018-0069/folmed-2018-0069.xml?format=INT