Short-term Outcomes of Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision With Structured Training Curriculums in China

Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rectal Cancer

Treatments: Other: Procedure/Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05108753

MISC-TaTME-RETRO

Details and patient eligibility

About

Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) is an alternative for mid-low rectal cancer. In China, this procedure has been performed in high-volume centers with structured training curriculums. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term outcomes during the initial implementation of the TaTME procedure in high-volume centers who followed structured training curriculums in China.

Enrollment: 175 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 75 years
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score I to III
• A biopsy proven histological diagnosis of rectal carcinoma
• Undergoing transanal total mesorectal excision

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or lactating women
• Synchronous rectal carcinoma
• History of colorectal cancer or other malignant tumors
• Clinical evidence of metastasis
• Emergency procedure

Trial design

175 participants in 3 patient groups

Group 1

Description:

5 patients underwent TaTME under proctoring

Treatment:

Other: Procedure/Surgery

Group 2

Description:

the first 10 patients underwent TaTME without proctoring

Treatment:

Other: Procedure/Surgery

Group 3

Description:

the second 10 patients underwent TaTME without proctoring

Treatment:

Other: Procedure/Surgery