Endorectal Ultrasound (ERUS): an Accurate and Invaluable Tool for Identifying Suitable Candidates for Transanal Excision/Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TAE/TEM) in Early-Staged Rectal Tumors

J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Dec;27(12):3086-3087. doi: 10.1007/s11605-023-05868-6. Epub 2023 Nov 6.

Authors

Charlotte Campbell¹, Jason Conway¹, Laura Elizabeth Lavette¹, Darius Jahann¹, Gregory Waters¹, Jean Ashburn¹, Girish Mishra²

Affiliations

¹ Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
² Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA. [email protected].

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Keywords: Endorectal ultrasound; Staging; Transanal excision/transanal endoscopic microsurgery.

MeSH terms

Humans
Microsurgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
Neoplasm Staging
Rectal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Rectal Neoplasms* / pathology
Rectal Neoplasms* / surgery
Rectum / surgery
Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography