TY - JOUR AU - Kawada, Kenji AU - Sakai, Yoshiharu PY - 2018 TI - Can we predict surgical difficulty of rectal surgery? JF - Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery; Vol 3 (May 2018): Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - In rectal surgery, the gold standard of surgical technique is total mesorectal excision (TME) (1). Treatment of rectal cancer has improved by the introduction of TME, which resulted in decreased postoperative local recurrence. UR - https://ales.amegroups.org/article/view/4506