Completion total mesorectal excision following transanal endoscopic microsurgery does not compromise outcomes in patients with rectal cancer.

Background: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) represents a choice of treatment in patients with neoplastic lesions in the rectum. When TEM fails, completion total mesorectal excision (cTME) is often required. However, a concern is whether cTME increases the rate of abdominoperineal resections (APR) and is associated with higher risk of incomplete mesorectal fascia (MRF) resection.

Scandinavian surveillance follow-up programmes in patients with malignant colorectal polyps.

Introduction: Following endoscopic removal of malignant colorectal polyps, patients may undergo completion radical resection or surveillance. The optimal surveillance strategy remains unknown. This study included colorectal departments in Scandinavian countries with a focus on follow-up periods and examination modalities for patients with endoscopically removed malignant polyps with a resection margin > 1 mm.

Readmission and reoperation rates following negative diagnostic laparoscopy for clinically suspected appendicitis: The "normal" appendix should not be removed - A retrospective cohort study.

Background: In cases with clinically suspected appendicitis, there is controversy regarding the decision to remove a macroscopically normal appearing appendix during laparoscopy when no other intra-abdominal pathology is found. The aim of this study was to examine the rate of appendicitis, along with readmission and reoperation rates following diagnostic laparoscopy of clinically suspected appendicitis in patients where the appendix was not removed.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of patients who underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy due to clinical suspicion of appendicitis where no other pathology was found and the appendix was not removed.

Transanal completion proctectomy with close rectal dissection and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis.

Introduction: Laparoscopic dissection in the pelvis is still a challenge. A transanal approach to rectal dissection allows better visualization during the dissection of the rectum and the creation of an anastomosis. Although initially used for patients with rectal cancer, the transanal approach may also have benefits in the surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC).