%0 Journal Article %T Transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: hype or new hope? %A Andy Yi-Ming Cheng %A Chien-Chih Chen %A Chun-Ho Chu %A I-Ping Huang %A Shung-Haur Yang %A Yi-Ling Lai %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2019 %R 10.21037/jgo.2019.01.13 %X Rectal cancer has always posed surgical challenges to the colorectal surgeon¡ªconfinement of the lesion of interest within the pelvis poses spatial limitations and hinders ideal tumor resection, leading to the possibility of local recurrence and subsequent poor oncological and survival outcomes %U http://jgo.amegroups.com/article/view/26933/html