Short Papers Meeting, Royal Society of Medicine, London, Section of Coloproctology, February 2004.

This article presents information related to the outcome of endoscopic transanal resection of rectal cancer in a district general hospital. This paper was presented at a meeting conducted by the Royal Society of Medicine, London. This study included 20 patients who underwent ETAR, between January 1995 and August 2003. A retro- spective evaluation of the outcome of ETAR, was performed from the operation registers, clinical records, Hospital patient administration computer system. They conclude that endoscopic transanal resection is a simple operation with short hospital stay and low compli- cation rate and good symptom relief in a high risk population for whom there is little alternative treatment.