Session 3: Beyond the boundaries of Total Mesorectal Excision – where surgeons fear to tread. (May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Patel, A.; Holm, T.; Wale, A.; Rutten, H.; Nicholls, J.; Hawkins, M.; Steele, R. J. C.; Marks, J.; Brown, G.
• Is Part Of: Colorectal disease. Volume 20(2018)Supplement 1
• Page Start: 61
• Page End: 64
• Publication Date: 2018-05
• Subjects: Colon (Anatomy) -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Rectum -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 616.34
• DOI: 10.1111/codi.14082
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1462-8910

Abstract

Abstract: Approximately 10–15% of patients present with an advanced rectal cancer that extends beyond the conventional total mesorectal excision (TME) planes. In such cases extending the surgery to ensure resection with clear margins (R0 resection) is essential in order to achieve long‐term cure. Professor Holm describes the techniques of beyond‐TME exenterative surgery, the methods of patient selection and outcomes.