Laparoscopic-assisted low and ultralow anterior resection for lower rectal cancer using the simple "Rectum Catcher" device and an intra-operative colonoscopy.
Matsumoto A, Arita K, Tashiro M, Haruki S, Usui S, Hiranuma S.
Matsumoto A, et al.
Int J Colorectal Dis. 2012 Feb;27(2):243-7. doi: 10.1007/s00384-011-1297-2. Epub 2011 Aug 19.
Int J Colorectal Dis. 2012.
PMID: 21853236
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Rectum Catcher (Matsumoto et al. in Surg Endosc 22:1905-1909, 2008) is made of stainless steel, with a circle of diameter 6 mm punched out at a distance of 5 mm from the top and covered with a short-cut T-tube. A vesse …
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Rectum Catcher (Matsumoto et al. in Surg Endosc 22:1905-1909, 2008) is made of stainless steel, with a …