2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-67202008000300013
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Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) in the treatment of postoperative colorectal stenosis

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Strictures of low colorectal anastomosis are increasing by use the anastomotic stapler. There are many kinds of treatments like dilation, transanal rectotomy, and resection with linear or circular stapler. Other methods includes endoscopic knifes, absorbable sutures and laparotomy. The Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) has been used to treat postoperative anastomotic stenosis. CASES REPORT: Three cases of anastomotic strictures after low colorectal anastomosis were treated with TEM with succe… Show more

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“…Dentre esses resultados, vem ganhando destaque a avaliação da função esfincteriana após a TEM 9,10,11,12,14 . Foi verificada alteração da função esfincteriana clinicamente significativa em 14,7% dos pacientes após a operação.…”
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“…Dentre esses resultados, vem ganhando destaque a avaliação da função esfincteriana após a TEM 9,10,11,12,14 . Foi verificada alteração da função esfincteriana clinicamente significativa em 14,7% dos pacientes após a operação.…”
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“…tenoses colorretais mais altas, o procedimento pode, bem-sucedido, ser feito por via endoscópica, usando técnica de microcirurgia com os dispositivos usados nas papilotomias endoscópicas 68 . Todavia, o tratamento da estenose, associado ao maior índice de morbidade, num número não-desprezível de pacientes, pode exigir a abordagem abdominal, circunstância em que o segmento estenótico deve ser ressecado e uma nova anastomose, construída 65 .…”
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“…Began to be practiced since 1982 in Germany and, currently, is used in major centers. Its introduction in Brazil was due to the first author of this paper in 2002 at the Department of Digestive Surgery, Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil 20,21,22,23,24,25 . This paper presents the results of a non-random prospective series of patients with early rectal cancer treated by transanal endoscopic microsurgery.…”
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confidence: 99%