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Clinical Application of Single-Surgeon, Three-Port, Laparoscopic Resection for Colorectal Cancer with Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction
Published on: March 24, 2023
Jun Watanabe1, Mitsuyoshi Ota, Yusuke Suwa
11 Department of Surgery, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan 2 Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan 3 Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
A novel curved stapler technique enables rectal transection during single-incision laparoscopic anterior resection. This approach simplifies the procedure and may reduce the need for additional trocars, improving surgical efficiency.
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