Guest Editors:
Eduardo Ma Targarona, MD, PhD, FACS (Left)
General and Digestive Surgery Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Andrea Balla, MD (Right)
General and Digestive Surgery Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The focused issue on “Rectal Cancer”, guest edited by Drs. Eduardo M Targaron and Andrea Balla, aims to provide comprehensive surgical techniques and discussion concerning the most currently debated topics on rectal cancer to specialists all around the world, which we hope will also be beneficial to the growth of young surgeons and also for the benefit of patients.
Surgical treatment of rectal cancer: innovations and controversies
Transanal total mesorectal excision compared to laparoscopic TME for mid and low rectal cancer—current evidence
Early rectal cancer treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) or transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM)
Alternative treatment to surgery for rectal cancer
Transanal treatment of rectal cancer by rigid platform
Abdominoperineal excision or extralevator abdominoperineal excision: which is the best oncological treatment?
Robotic approach for rectal cancer, is the best approach?
Fluorescence in rectal cancer surgery
Transanal treatment of rectal cancer by soft platform
Disclosure:
The series “Rectal Cancer” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Eduardo Ma Targarona and Andrea Balla served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.