As transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) becomes increasingly utilized, its
technical challenges and potential pitfalls have become more clearly appreciated.
This chapter explores the differences in how anatomy presents itself from the taTME
vantage point as compared with traditional approaches to taTME, and how special problems
unique to taTME pose a new set of operative challenges. Morbidity related, specifically,
to the technique of taTME is also delineated with particular focus on male urethral
injury.
Keywords
taTME - transanal total mesorectal excision - operative morbidity - operative technique
- male urethral injury
