Utility of Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision in Patients with Obesity and with Low and Middle Rectal Cancer: A Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study
Transanal total mesorectal excision appears to represent a promising strategy for patients with obesity with mid-to-low rectal cancer, offering low conversion and high sphincter preservation rates while maintaining oncologic safety. See Video Abstract.
Authors
- Y. Nishizawa
- Hiro Hasegawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2143-6503)
- Masanori Sando
- M. Ito
- Koji Ikeda
- Yuichiro Tsukada
Institutions
- National Cancer Center Hospital East (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/dcr.0000000000004139
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00