Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction: A Single Medical Center Case Series. Int J Surg. 2020 Aug 14;: Authors: Zhang L, Sun D, Zhang Y, Gao F, Guo Y Abstract BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy is an appealing and minimally invasive method for pancreaticoduodenal tumors. However, an abdominal incision is still required to extract the specimen. We used the natural orifice specimen extraction...
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Related Articles Robotic versus laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: the largest meta-analysis. Int J Surg. 2020 Aug 12;: Authors: Guerrini GP, Esposito G, Serra V, Guidetti C, Olivieri T, Catellani B, Assirati G, Ballarin R, Di Sandro S, Magistri P, Di Benedetto F Abstract BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been increasingly used in the treatment of gastric cancer (GC). Laparoscopy gastrectomy (LG) has shown several...
Tue Aug 18, 2020 15:26
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Tue Aug 18, 2020 13:25
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Tue Aug 18, 2020 13:25
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Tue Aug 18, 2020 16:59
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Tue Aug 18, 2020 17:55
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Tue Aug 18, 2020 15:48
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