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01-04-2009 | Invited Commentary
Hemostatic Step-by-Step Procedure to Control Presacral Bleeding After Laparoscopic TME
Author:
Conor P. Delaney
Published in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Issue 4/2009
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Excerpt
Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) is a complex procedure being performed with increasing frequency in the surgical community. Indeed, a number of authors have described excellent short-term and oncological outcomes with a laparoscopic approach to rectal cancer. Presacral bleeding is a rare but well-recognized complication after open TME. Various management strategies have been described, many of which have been discussed by the authors of this article [
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