Table 1.

Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) initial results: details of the largest series of TaTME reported to date. Data show very encouraging results with regard to completeness of TME and free resection margins

Series	Number of Patients	LN (mean)	TME completeness	Free margins
de Lacy et al. [102]	20	15.9	100%	100%
Rouanet et al. [103]	30	13	100%	84.6%
Atallah et al. [104]	20	22.5	89.5%	90%
Chouillard et al. [105]	16	17	100%	100%
Velthuis et al. [106]	25	14	96%	96%
Fernandez-Hevia et al. [107]	37	14.3	91.9%	100%
Tuech et al. [108]	56	12	84%	94.6%
Veltcamp Helbach et al. [109]	80	14	88%	87.5%
Hüscher et al. [110]	102	20	97.1%	94.6%
Lacy de al [111]	140	14.7	97.1%	93.7%