From: Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) in Qatar: initial experience
Distance from anal verge, cm (range) | 7.41 (3–18) |
Tumor size, cm (range) | 2.62 (1.2–7) |
Benign | |
• Hyperplastic | 1 |
• Adenoma | 6 |
• Inflammatory | 1 |
Cancer | |
• T0 | 6 |
• T1 | 1 |
• T2 | 4 |
Neuroendocrine Tumor | 3 |
Discrepancy (pre-op to post-op) | |
• Adenoma to Hyperplastic polyp | 1 |
• Hyperplastic polyp to adenoma | 1 |
• Adenoma to Polyp cancer | 1 |
• Polyp cancer to polyp high-grade dysplasia | 1 |
• Low-grade dysplasia to adenoma | 1 |
• Polyp high grade dysplasia to polyp cancer | 1 |
• Fragmentation | 1 |
• Positive margins | None |
• Procedure-related complications (30 days) | Bleeding not requiring transfusion (one patient) Intraoperative peritoneal perforation, repaired immediately (one patient) |