Total mesorectal excision
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Total mesorectal excision
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Total mesorectal excision (TME) is a standard surgical technique for treatment of rectal cancer, first described in 1982 by Professor Bill Heald at the UK's Basingstoke District Hospital. It is a precise dissection of the mesorectal envelope comprising rectum containing the tumour together with all the surrounding fatty tissue and the sheet of tissue that contains lymph nodes and blood vessels. Dissection is along the avascular alveolar plane between the presacral and mesorectal fascia, describe
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Surgical technique for treatment of rectal cancer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_mesorectal_excision
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2023-12-27T02:44:37Z
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