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Background The early outcomes of minilaparotomy for resection of colonic cancer were evaluated. Methods In this study, 54 patients (34 Dukes’ A, 15 Dukes’ B, and 5 Dukes’ C) successfully underwent curative resection of colonic cancer via minilaparotomy (skin incision, =7 cm). The major exclusion criteria for this approach required a body mass index greater than 25 kg/m2, a tumor size exceeding 7...
Purpose: We evaluated the data on initial experience of gasless laparoscopic surgery for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Patients and methods: Seven patients (male/female = 3:4, median age 23, UC/FAP=5:2) underwent gasless laparoscopic total (procto) colectomy. Our basic surgical procedure involved (1) a 6- to 8-cm incision made at the beginning of the...
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