Patients |
Male:female | 16:14 |
Median age, mean (SD) yr | 69.8 (12.5) |
Diagnosis |
Adenoma | 19 |
Adenocarcinoma | 8 |
T1 | 3 |
T2 | 4 |
T3 | 1 |
Carcinoid | 3 |
Tumour description |
Tumour distance, mean (SD) cm | 6.5 (3.0) |
Median tumour size, mean (SD) cm | 3.4 (1.6) |
Surgery |
Median duration of surgery, mean (SD) min | 80 (33) |
Full thickness excision | 24 |
Follow up, mean (SD) d | 338 (183) |
Conversion to conventional transanal excision | 3 |
Hospital stay, mean (SD) d | 1.8 (2.5) |
Closure of defect | 16 |
Complications | 6 |
Intra-abdominal perforation | 3 |
Bleeding | 2 |
TIA | 1 |
Residual disease |
R0 | 26 |
R1 | 3 |
R2 | 1 |