Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 5, 2026

Robot-assisted Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Advanced Middle-low Rectal Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2022
Natural orifice total mesorectal excision using transanal port and laparoscopic assistance
J-J Tuech1, V Bridoux, B Kianifard
1Department of digestive surgery, Rouen University hospital, 1 rue Germont, 76031 Rouen 6, France. jean-jacques.tuech@chu-rouen.fr
Abstract:
Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is an emerging concept which has been recently applied to the field of rectal excision. The authors describe a case of total mesorectal excision using a transanal port and laparoscopic assistance. We described a procedure performed in a 45-year-old for a rectal adenocarcinoma (1 cm wide, T1sm3) 3 cm above the dentate line. The procedure is described in the text and in a didactic video.
