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Hand-assisted laparoscopic colorectal surgery: Initial experience of a single surgeon

Author(s) -

Abdul-Wahed Nasir Meshikhes,

Mokhtar El Tair,

Thabit Al Ghazal

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

saudi journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 1998-4049

pISSN - 1319-3767

DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.74444

Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , colorectal cancer , anastomosis , laparoscopy , colorectal surgery , laparoscopic surgery , prospective cohort study , general surgery , blood loss , abdominal surgery , cancer

As totally laparoscopic colorectal surgery is considered challenging and technically demanding with a long steep learning curve, we adopted hand-assisted laparoscopic colorectal surgery as a bridge to totally laparoscopic assisted colorectal surgery. This prospective study aims to highlight the initial experience of a single surgeon with this technique.

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