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Laparoscopic-assisted full-thickness endoscopic polypectomy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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PURPOSE: To describe the procedure for endoscopically removing sessile colonic polyps with laparoscopic assistance. METHODS: Technique description and retrospective review of experience. RESULTS: The technique has been used to successfully remove polypoid colonie lesions in three patients. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopicassisted polypectomy allows complete excision of moderate-sized sessile polyps and may spare selected patients a colonie resection.

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  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana

    David E. Beck M.D.

  2. Department of General Surgery, Wilford Hall, USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas

    Richard E. Karulf Maj., U.S.A.F., M.C.

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Poster presentation at the meeting of The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Francisco, California, June 7 to 12, 1992.

The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the opinions of the United States Air Force or the Department of Defense.

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Beck, D.E., Karulf, R.E. Laparoscopic-assisted full-thickness endoscopic polypectomy. Dis Colon Rectum 36, 693–695 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02238598

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