Transanal versus nontransanal surgery for the treatment of primary rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a 10-year experience in a high-volume center

Abstract

In the treatment of rectal GIST, TA resection has a minimally invasive effect, less postoperative complications, high anal sphincter preservation rate, and R0 resection rate and a better prognosis. How to improve the proportion of neoadjuvant therapy and choose the appropriate cases for TA surgery is still a challenge.