Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) and Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME)
This book captures cornerstone developments in a new body of knowledge and provides an expert resource on a “hot topic” in rectal surgery. Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) was designed for local excision of select rectal neoplasms, however so
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Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) and Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME)
Sam Atallah Editor
Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) and Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME)
Editor Sam Atallah AdventHealth Orlando Oviedo Medical Center, and University of Central Florida College of Medicine Orlando, FL USA
ISBN 978-3-030-11571-5 ISBN 978-3-030-11572-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11572-2 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To all the minds filled with youthful curiosity for surgery and the life sciences, who endeavor to learn and to achieve and who have witnessed an entire body of knowledge materialize in the span of a decade – this is for you. It is for those who believe that the ingenuity of the human mind can capture imagination itself. It is for those who believe that the future of surgery is ours to shape. Upon writing this, I finally understood the true meaning of the expression “labor of love.” And it’s with deep love that I dedicate this book to the people who made me who I am today. To the surgeons who have mentored me throughout my arduous years of training and, most of all, to my mother Areej, my father Bisher, my brother Asa, and my wife Michelle. To my four children, whom I love more than they can possibly imagine – Olivia, Andrew, Sidney, and Addyson. Sam Atallah
Foreword
It is now been over 5 years since Sam Atallah first published on the subject of TAMIS TME surgery. I was invited to respond by the editor of Techniques in Coloproctology and wrote at the time: “I believe that 2013 will be the year of endoscopic transanal approaches to radical low rectal cancer dissectio
