Abstract:Before reading this letter, 1 we had not considered our surgery as "bad, " but rather our pathology as "excellent. " We are fortunate that our lead pathologist, Dr Mariana Berho, is internationally recognized as a leader in colorectal pathology and was the reference pathologist for the creation of the total mesorectal excision (TME) standards for the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC). 2-5 While many, if not most, studies in the literature cite rates of complete mesorectal excision close … Show more
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