Surgical cure for early rectal carcinomas (T1)
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum1996Vol. 39(9), pp. 969–976
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Abstract
Lower morbidity, similar local recurrence, and survival rates favor the TEM technique. Comparable results in survival rate to the gold standard (AR) are objective arguments for choosing the adequate surgical procedure. For early rectal cancer, the minimum invasive TEM technique should be preferred because of superior overview during operation with safer suturing after meticulous full wall thickness excision.