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Edward A Cooper1, Matthew Morgan1, Daniel Kozman1
1Department of Colorectal Surgery, Bankstown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
ANZ Journal of Surgery
|March 3, 2020
Abstract:
Obtaining exposure of the total mesorectal excision plane via a laparoscopic approach is technically challenging due to instrument limitations. Use of an articulating fan retractor is a relatively simple, cost-effective and easily accessible instrument that allows the surgeon to gain improved retraction and exposure in what is an otherwise technically challenging dissection.
