What is Total Mesorectal Excision (TME)?
Total mesorectal excision is the anatomical plane used in rectal-cancer surgery to remove the rectum with its mesorectal fat and nodes as an intact package. Dissection follows the mesorectal fascia to the planned distal margin. The specimen is inspected for completeness. Reconstruction then follows as LAR or, if sphincters cannot be saved, APR.
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