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Carbon dioxide embolism during transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME)

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  1. Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery Division, Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan

    Takuya Shiraishi, Yuji Nishizawa, Yuichiro Tsukada, Takeshi Sasaki & Masaaki Ito

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

    Hiroyuki Yamamoto

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All authors declare that they contributed to this article and approved the final submitted version. TS and YN collected data, wrote the manuscript, and contributed equally to the manuscript.

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Dr. Ito is on the speakers’ bureaus of Johnson & Johnson K.K., Eisai Co., Ltd., Olympus Corporation, Medtronic plc, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., KAKEN PHARMACE, UTICAL CO., LTD., Stryker Japan K.K., Covidien Japan, TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Fujita Medical Instruments Co., Ltd., Japan Medical Engineering Institute, MSD K.K., Merck Serono Co., Ltd., Medical Leaders Co., Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Applied Medical, MC Medical, Inc., EA Pharma Co., Ltd., and ConMed Japan KK. He received Grants of ConMed Japan KK, Mitsubishi Precision, MURANAKA MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, FUJITA MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, and A1 Technica. He has an equity interest in A-Trantion. Drs. Shiraishi, Nishizawa, Yamamoto, Tsukada, and Sasaki have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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Shiraishi, T., Nishizawa, Y., Yamamoto, H. et al. Carbon dioxide embolism during transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME). Tech Coloproctol 22, 735–738 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-018-1845-7

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