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. 2023 Nov 9;110(12):1614-1617.
doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad168.

Oncological outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

Nader K Francis  1   2 , Marta Penna  3   4 , Spyridon Dritsas  1 , Harry Kinsey  1 , Brendan Moran  5 , Deborah Nicol  6 , Edward Courtney  7 , Fiona Carter  8 , Sapho Roodbeen  9 , Steve Arnold  5 , Neil Mortensen  3 , Paul White  10 , Roel Hompes  11 , Greg Wynn  12
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Oncological outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

Nader K Francis et al. Br J Surg. .
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Kaplan–Meier curves showing factors predicting disease-free survival after transanal total mesorectal incision a Purse-string failure (P < 0.001), b Complications above Clavien–Dindo grade III (P < 0.001), c lymphovascular invasion (P < 0.001), and d incomplete mesorectum at pathological assessment (P = 0.003) (log rank test). Purse string failure 15 (3.2%); complications >III 65 (13%); lymphovascular invasion 119 (24.9%); CRM 18 (3.8%).
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