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The patient is operated on in the prone position. The bladder is drained with a (16F) catheter and a large balloon catheter (24F) is placed in the rectum and connected by drainage tubing so that the sigmoid colon can be inflated with carbon dioxide if necessary. An adhesive unipolar diathermy pad is fixed to a shaved patch on the thigh. The right-handed surgeon usually stands on the patient’s left. The most difficult access usually involves the freeing of the gut from the right side of the abdomen and pelvis as the ileocaecal junction is mobilised and delivered into the wound. The assistant and the scrub nurse stand on the opposite side of the table. Only one assistant is usually required.
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Alexander-Williams, J. (1993). Resection of the Ileum or Ileocaecum. In: Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3296-7_10
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