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SUBMITTER: Shen MY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8985621 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Ming-Yin MY Chen William Tzu-Liang WT
Journal of minimally invasive surgery 20201201 4
One of the major criticisms of laparoscopic colectomy is the requirement of an additional mini laparotomy to remove the resected specimen. This may be associated with postoperative pain and wound complications. Therefore, the use of a natural orifice as a delivery route for the specimen extraction without a laparotomy incision can subsequently reduce the risk of wound complications. In this video, we demonstrate the natural orifice specimen extraction procedure with a side-to-end single-stapling ...[more]