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Over the past decades, advances in minimally invasive surgery have been observed in all surgical fields. Within colon and rectal surgery, the adoption of minimally invasive surgical techniques has allowed for improvements in patient care and recovery. Patients can expect shorter recovery times, decreased hospital length of stays, less postoperative pain medication requirements, and decreased risk of incisional hernia development as a result of these minimally invasive approaches. This chapter aims to present a stepwise approach to laparoscopic left colectomy to aid in developing the necessary skills to master this approach.
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Pigazzi, A., Brady, M.T. (2020). Laparoscopic Left Colectomy. In: Kim, J., Garcia-Aguilar, J. (eds) Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for Cancers of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18740-8_20
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