Laparoscopic right-sided colonic resection with transluminal colonoscopic specimen extraction

• Published in: World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy Vol. 7; no. 12; pp. 1078 - 1082
• Main Authors: Kayaalp, Cuneyt, Kutluturk, Koray, Yagci, Mehmet Ali, Ates, Mustafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 10.09.2015
• Subjects: cancer;Crohn’s; Clinical Trials Study; Colonoscopy;Colon; disease;Laparosco; Laparoscopic surgery; Colon cancer; Colonoscopy; Natural orifice transendoscopic surger; Crohn’s disease; Natural orifice specimen extraction

AIM: To study the transcolonic extraction of the proximally resected colonic specimens by colonoscopic assistance at laparoscopic colonic surgery. METHODS: The diagnoses of our patients were Crohn’s disease, carcinoid of appendix and adenocarcinoma of cecum. We preferred laparoscopic total mesocolic...