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A flower-shaped cannula for three-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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A simple flower-shaped cannula, in which up to three laparoscopic instruments can be inserted and manipulated freely, is described. Using this cannula, a three-incision gasless laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be performed easily.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan, , , , , , JP

    T. Otani & M. Makuuchi

  2. Department of Surgery, Tozuka Hitachi Hospital, 550 Tozuka, Tozuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagama 244, Japan, , , , , , JP

    T. Kaji, T. Fukasawa, T. Osawa, F. Seki & T. Yokoyama

  3. First Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Y. Kawamura

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  1. T. Otani
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Received: 5 July 1996/Accepted: 12 September 1996

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Otani, T., Kaji, T., Fukasawa, T. et al. A flower-shaped cannula for three-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc 12, 179–180 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649900625

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