This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Seon-Han Kim during the IFSES Member Societies Update Symosium: Presentation of Each Society’s Expertise – A World Congress extravaganza! on April 11 2018
Keyword(s): 5-year survival, abdominal, academic, anatomotic structures, anococcygeal ligament, anus, bias, Central Cancer Registry, China, colectomy, coloanal anastomosis, colorectal screening, dissection, distal margin, expertise, external anal sphincter, functional outcomes, hemicolectomy, high risk, IFSES, International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons, intersphincteric plane, intersphincteric resection, ISR, Japan, Korea, Korean Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons, KSELS, laparoscopic technique, laparoscopy, LAR, levator muscle, local recurrence, low anterior resection, low rectal tumors, multivariate analysis, national insurance, oncologic outcomes, penetration, postoperative morbidity, propensity matching analysis, puborectalis sling, QoL, quality of life, rectal cancer, robot, robotic surgery, specimen retrieval, sphincter-preserving surgery, standardization, stomach cancer, United States, WHO, World Health Organization
Citation–2:31 Lancet 2018
Low rectal tumor surgical options–5:11
Robotic ISR video clip–7:05
Functional outcomes–9:43 Dig Surg 2016
Summary–12:24