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Pelvic anatomy & steps of TME

 

This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Kirk Allen Ludwig during the Postgraduate Course: Total Mesorectal Excision – Optimizing Surgery and Managing Challenges on April 11 2018


Keyword(s): anal canal, anus, aorta, autonomic nerves, benign disease, bladder, bleeding, blood vessels, cancer surgery, cervix, coccygeal, colic artery, complex pelvic surgery, countertraction, cul-de-sac, Debakey forcep, Denonvilliers fascia, dissection, embryologic, exposure, fascia propria, fat, full thickness, holy plane, hypogastric nerves, iliacs, IMA, IMV, inferior mesenteric artery, inferior mesenteric vein, intersphincteric resection, laparoscopic TME, left colon, left upper quadrant, LUQ, lymph nodes, lymphovascular, male, malignant disease, marginal, marginal vessels, mesentery, mesorectum, mobility, MRI, obturator foramen, open surgery, parasympathetic, pathologist, pelvic anatomy, pelvic exoneration, pelvic floor, pelvic nerves, pelvic plexus, pelvis, peritoneal reflection, peritoneum, presacral fascia, prostate, rectal cancer, rectosacral fascia, rectum, retractors, retroperitoneum, robotic TME, seminal vesicles, SFM, sigmoid, splenic flexure mobilization, sympathetic nerves, taTME, TME, Toldts fascia, total mesorectal excision, traction, transection, tumor, urogenital, Waldeyers fascia

Citation–1:34 J R Soc Med 1988

Key steps in performing TME–11:44

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Learning Themes
Colorectal
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2018 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Ludwig K
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Medical College of Wisconsin--Milwaukee WI


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