Diseases of the colon and rectum
Impact of Obesity on Postoperative Outcomes in Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer.
Makda G Zewde, Daniel K Peyser, Allen T Yu, Antoinette Bonaccorso, Erin Moshier, Karim Alavi, Robert Goldstone, John H Marks, Justin A Maykel, Elisabeth C McLemore, Dana Sands, Scott R Steele, Steven D Wexner, Mark Whiteford, Patricia Sylla
Published: 202510.1097/DCR.0000000000004090
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) has been increasingly adopted in the curative resection of low rectal cancer. Obesity is a known risk factor for conversion and morbidity during laparoscopic and robotic TME. OBJECTIVE: We sough…
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