Transanal versus robotic total mesorectal excision for mid- and low-rectal cancer: A single-center comparative cohort of 109 patients.

J Robot Surg · 2026 · PMC12946271 · PMID 41748934

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In the matched cohort, pathologic outcomes were comparable, with similar circumferential resection margin/distal margin positivity and lymph-node yield; distal margin length showed a nonsignificant trend toward being longer after TaTME (median 1.8 vs. 1.5 cm; P = 0.079).

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In this transition cohort, TaTME and R-TME achieved comparable short-term oncologic and survival outcomes; R-TME offered perioperative advantages, while TaTME showed a trend toward a longer distal margin that warrants cautious interpretation.

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