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Multiport Laparoscopic TME with Low Colorectal Anastomosis

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Abstract

Rectal cancer surgery has to be performed with total mesorectal excision.

Since the advent of minimally invasive surgery, nowadays, different techniques have been described. In this chapter the codified conventional laparoscopic technique with circular mechanical low colorectal anastomosis is described in step-by-step.

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  1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, 322, Rue Haute, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Guy-Bernard Cadière M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium

    Giovanni Dapri

  2. Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery, Lankenau Medical Center, Main Line Healthcare, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA

    John H Marks

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Cadière, GB. (2018). Multiport Laparoscopic TME with Low Colorectal Anastomosis. In: Dapri, G., Marks, J. (eds) Surgical Techniques in Rectal Cancer. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55579-7_10

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