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