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A 69-year-old male patient underwent a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for cecal cancer. Postoperative course was complicated by an intestinal obstruction. On the CT scan no signs of leakage were seen, but an intestinal obstruction at the anastomosis site.
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Klarenbeek, B.R. (2014). Case on Anastomotic Rotation After Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy for Colonic Cancer. In: Cuesta, M., Bonjer, H. (eds) Case Studies of Postoperative Complications after Digestive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01613-9_67
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