The purpose of this research protocol is the evaluation of the improvement of the anorectal and urogenital urinary function, alongside the postoperative quality of life after the application of pIONM in patients submitted to TME for rectal cancer.
Histologically confirmed rectal cancer
Surgical resection with TME
<90 years old
Signed informed consent
Emergency operation
Presence of pacemaker
Partial mesorectal excision
Sepsis or systematic infection
Larissa University Hospital
Lead sponsor
General Hospital of Larissa
Collaborator
University of Thessaly
Collaborator