On 29 Jul 2016
On Tuesday 27 September, the ESCP hosted the Perianal Fistula Workshop, which has been developed to inform attendees about the possibilities and limitations of new and established techniques for fistula surgery, as well as to acquire operative techniques. We talked to course co-organiser, Dr David Zimmerman (The Netherlands) about the workshop…On 8 Jul 2016
At this year’s ESCP meeting in Milan, Italy, Dr Albert Wolthuis from the University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium, examined the limitations of total mesorectal excision (TME) and assessed a different approach - transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME). Although still in its infancy, Dr Wolthuis discussed the advantages and drawbacks of this approach and why he believes TaTME will be the procedure of choice for low rectal cancer in the future…