Reply to Gachabayov et al. 'Consensus statement on TaTME: other thoughts'

Collaborators

• TaTME Guidance Group representing the ESCP (European Society of Coloproctology), in collaboration with ASCRS (American Society of Colon, Rectum Surgeons), ACPGBI (Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland), ECCO (European Crohn’s, Colitis Organisation), EAES (European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons), ESSO (European Society of Surgical Oncology), CSCRS (Canadian Society of Colorectal Surgery), CNSCRS (Chinese Society of Colorectal Surgery), CSLES (Chinese Society of Laparo-Endoscopic Surgery), CSSANZ (Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia, New Zealand), JSES (Japanese Society of Endoscopic Surgery), SACP (Argentinian Society of Coloproctology), SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal, Endoscopic Surgeons), SBCP (Brazilian Society of Coloproctology), the Swiss-MIS (Swiss Association for Minimally Invasive Surgery):
  Michel Adamina, Felix Aigner, Sergio Araujo, Alberto Arezzo, Shady Ashamalla, Teresa deBeche-Adams, Stephen Bell, Willem Bemelman, Carl Brown, Walter Brunner, Nicolas Buchs, Antonio Caycedo, Sami Chadi, Park Sung Chan, David Clark, Quentin Denost, André D'Hoore, Nicola Fearnhead, Nader Francis, Eelco de Graaf, Suguru Hasegawa, Julian Hayes, Alexander Heriot, Roel Hompes, Bert Houben, Masaaki Ito, Mark Katory, Jos Kleijnen, Werner Kneist, Joep Knol, Tsuyoshi Konishi, John Marks, Beatriz Martin-Perez, Justin Maykel, Elisabeth McLemore, Danilo Miskovic, Isacco Montroni Gabriela Möslein, Jae Hwan Oh, Marta Penna, Rodrigo Oliva Perez, Frederic Ris, Gustavo Rossi, Eric Rullier, Gerald Seitinger, Antonino Spinelli, Andrew Stevenson, Patricia Sylla, Ichiro Takemasa, Pieter Tanis, Jared Torkington, Jurriaan Tuynman, Elena Vikis, Janindra Warusavitarne, Mark Whiteford, Hongwei Yao, Seong Hyeon Yun, Zhongtao Zhang, Minhua Zhen