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USE OF A COTTON TAPE TIE IN LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY
Author(s) -
Chung C. C.,
Kwok S. P.Y.,
Leung K. L.,
Lau W. Y.,
Li A. K. C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01966.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , colorectal surgery , occlusion , laparoscopic surgery , lumen (anatomy) , laparoscopy , general surgery , abdominal surgery
In this short article we describe the use of a cotton tape tie in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. This technique is useful in: (i) retraction and manipulation of the bowel; (ii) exteriorization of a bulky specimen; and (iii) occlusion of the rectal lumen to permit effective cytocidal rectal lavage.