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Laparoscopic surgery using a newly designed suction lifter.

I Tamura·S Suzuki·F Fukano·S Wakebe·T Oshima·Y Rino·T Imada
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The authors describe a simple and available abdominal wall-lift technique for endoscopic surgery that involves a new suction lifter that they designed for laparoscopic surgery. Since July 1998, the authors have used this technique successfully in eight patients with appendicitis, in one patient with a perforated duodenal ulcer, and in one patient with an adenoma of the ascending colon.

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I Tamura, S Suzuki, F Fukano, S Wakebe, T Oshima, Y Rino, T Imada. 2001. Laparoscopic surgery using a newly designed suction lifter.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11269559/

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