DOI: 10.1055/s-00000049

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Issue 03 · Volume 33 · May 2020 DOI: 10.1055/s-010-48390 Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision Guest Editors: Dana Sands, MD, FACS, FASCRS, and Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FRCSI (Hon), Hon FRCS (Glasg)

Introduction to the Guest Editors

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Steele, Scott R.: Dana Sands, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FRCSI (Hon), Hon FRCS (Glasg)

Preface

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Sands, Dana; Wexner, Steven D.: Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision

Review Article

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Carmichael, Heather; Sylla, Patricia: Evolution of Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision
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Izquierdo, Kevin M.; Salem, Jean F.; Cha, Esther; Unal, Ece; Marks, John H.: Transanal Surgery: A History of taTME Ancestry
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Knol, Joep; Keller, Deborah S.: Total Mesorectal Excision Technique—Past, Present, and Future
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Trépanier, Jean-Sébastien; Lacy, F. Borja de; Lacy, Antonio M.: Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision: Description of the Technique
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Hompes, Roel; Penna, Marta: Summary of Oncologic and Functional Outcomes
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Atallah, Sam: Anatomical Considerations and Procedure-Specific Aspects Important in Preventing Operative Morbidity during Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision
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McLemore, Elisabeth C.; Lavi, Peyman; Attaluri, Vikram: Learning Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision
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Albert, Matthew; Lee, Lawrence: Tips and Tricks
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Soares, António S.; Chand, Manish: Future Directions