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Aim This systematic review was performed to answer the question whether hand‐assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) can preserve the advantages of laparoscopic compared with open surgery in colorectal disease.
Method Eligible studies were identified from electronic databases (Medline, Embase Cochrane) and cross‐reference search. The database search, quality assessment and data extraction were independently...
Background Evidence of benefits of laparoscopic and laparoscopic-assisted colectomies (LAC) over open procedures in gastrointestinal surgery has continued to accumulate. With its wide implementation, technical difficulties and limitations of LAC have become clear. Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) was introduced in an attempt to facilitate the transition from open techniques to minimally invasive...
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