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Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS): Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Sujata Gill*1, Jamil L. Stetler1, Ankit Patel1, S. Scott Davis1, Edward Lin1, Patrick S. Sullivan2
1General Surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA; 2Surgical Oncology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) is fast becoming the procedure of choice for the resection of benign and early stage malignant rectal lesions. The data published thusfar is short term but promising. TAMIS is safe, cost effective and requires basic laparoscopy skills and equipment to perform. The objective of this video is to demonstrate some tips, tricks and ways to troubleshoot for this procedure in order to make the operative steps of exposure, excision and defect closure easy to learn and efficient to complete.
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