TEM Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery

Surgery is the primary means for rectal cancer treatment. In the past, the anus often had to be removed along with the tumor through traditional trans-laparoscopic surgery in the case of low rectal cancer (tumor within 5 cm of the anal verge). If patients lose their anus, they need to wear a permanent stoma, literally an opening in the abdomen, to excrete feces. This "fecal bag" hanging in the abdomen seriously alters their life in a negative way. However, here in Guangzhou Royal Lee Cancer, the TEM(transanal endoscopic microsurgery) allows patients to keep their anus while removing the tumor, so that patients can live a normal life as usual.

 

Competitiveness of TEM

Patients used to suffer surgical complications, spend more money and endure long-term stay in hospital for recovery because traditional surgery is highly traumatic. Now, TEM not only removes low rectal tumors, but also keeps the anus and its function, saving patients from complications and abdominal wounds caused by major surgery. Compared with trans-laparoscopic surgery, in TEM patients suffer no postoperative pain and move free as usual thanks to fast recovery, less bleeding, considerably shorter operation time and hospital stay. It is a cutting-edge technique mastered by a minority of medical institutes and practitioners in the world. At present, it is a routine surgery carried out in Center’s Surgical Oncology Department.

 

Indications for TEM

(1) Rectal adenoma, especially for broad-based or nontender rectal adenoma;

 

(2) Early rectal cancer with good histopathological features;

 

(3) Extended resection of local malignant polyps via colonoscopy;

 

(4) Other rectal tumors suitable for local resection (neuroendocrine tumors G1-G2, gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors, lipomas, smooth muscle tumors, etc.) or other benign tumors around the rectum;

 

(5) Benign rectal stenosis or anastomotic stricture;

 

(6) Repair of anastomotic fistula after low anterior resection of the rectum;

 

(7) Diagnosis of rectal bleeding;

 

(8) Biopsy of the rectum and its surrounding lesions;

 

(9) Mucosal flap transposition repair of rectovaginal fistula or anal fistula orifice;

 

(10) Management of rectal foreign bodies.

 

Please contact us if you are now beset by rectal cancer and plan to solve the problem through surgery or other options. We provide the customized treatment plan through multidisciplinary consultation and help you solve your problem while doing our best to make sure you live a normal life as usual.



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