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Elizabeth Burt1, Mohsen Moustafa, Dimitrios Georgantzis
1University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Free Hospital, London, England. efb101@doctors.org.uk
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
|July 24, 2012
Abstract:
The balance between port-site size and ease of specimen removal is often a challenge in laparoscopic surgery. Herein we describe a simple technique that circumvents this dilemma by means of port-site dilation using Hegar dilators.
