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Essentials on Troubleshooting During Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

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Despite the best attempts to perform perfect laparoscopic surgery, there are a myriad of factors that can interfere with the intended procedure. These can include issues with port placement, equipment, patient physiology, exposure, and inadvertent injury. In this chapter, we explore a number of potential complications that will arise when performing laparoscopic surgery as well as strategies to troubleshoot these issues.

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  1. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Nashville, TN, USA

    Alexander T. Hawkins

  2. Clements University Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA

    Craig H. Olson

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  2. Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Andreas M. Kaiser

  3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

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Hawkins, A.T., Olson, C.H. (2020). Essentials on Troubleshooting During Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. In: Sylla, P., Kaiser, A., Popowich, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Colorectal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24812-3_10

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