Advanced Application of TaTME Platform For a T4 Anterior Rectal Tumor

Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2019 Aug;29(4):e45-e49. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000000668.

Abstract

Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) is a rapidly progressing technique in the management of both benign and malignant rectal disease. It is a technical advance to the current gold-standard approach to rectal cancer, the transabdominal total mesorectal excision. Until now, T4 stage cancers have been considered a relative contraindication to TaTME due to the perceived technical difficulty and increased complication rate. This case describes the TaTME operative technique for a T4b locally advanced, mid rectal anterior tumor in a young male postneoadjuvant chemoradiation. Employing a dual team hybrid TaTME (Cecil approach) with laparoscopic abdominal assistance, this case highlights the ability of TaTME to be successfully utilized in more advanced malignancy and technically difficult patients without an increase in complications, operative time, or hospital length of stay.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
  • Chemoradiotherapy / methods
  • Endoscopic Mucosal Resection / methods*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy / methods
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Operative Time
  • Patient Positioning
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Postoperative Care
  • Preoperative Care / methods
  • Proctoscopy / methods*
  • Prognosis
  • Rectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome