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Transanal resection of rectal neoplasms using the Harmonic Scalpel
1Proctology Unit Department of Surgery B, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. rabau@tasmc.health.gov.il
Techniques in Coloproctology
|August 6, 2008
Abstract:
The currently used technology for transanal excision of rectal neoplasms is diathermy. However, control of bleeding is sometimes difficult. The Harmonic Scalpel provides a "dry" surgical field which facilitates the procedure and allows complete resection of the neoplasm with greater accuracy.
