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Purpose. We report our experience of using the minimally invasive minilaparotomy approach to resect colonic laterally spreading tumors (LSTs) that could not be removed by colonoscopic snare polypectomy. Methods. We prospectively examined 17 patients who underwent a minilaparotomy, defined as an incision less than 7cm long, between 1997 and 2001, for a collective 19 colonic LSTs. Results. Complete...
A minimally invasive surgical approach should be employed to resect symptomatic colonic lipomas whenever possible. We report two cases of large colonic lipomas that were successfully removed using a minimally invasive minilaparotomy approach. Patient 1 was a 53-year-old man with a 3.8-cm symptomatic submucosal lipoma in the ascending colon and patient 2 was a 57-year-old woman with a 4.2-cm symptomatic...
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