%0 Journal Article %T Can we predict surgical difficulty of rectal surgery? %A Kawada, Kenji %A Sakai, Yoshiharu %J Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Can we predict surgical difficulty of rectal surgery? %K %X In rectal surgery, the gold standard of surgical technique is total mesorectal excision (TME) (1). Treatment of rectal cancer has improved by the introduction of TME, which resulted in decreased postoperative local recurrence. %U https://ales.amegroups.org/article/view/4506 %V 3 %P %@ 2518-6973