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A novel technique of securing a clear surgical space using a silicone disc during transanal total mesorectal excision

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biological Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

    T. Nonaka, T. Tominaga, T. Sawai & T. Nagayasu

  2. Department of Pathology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan

    T. Nonaka, T. Tominaga, T. Sawai & T. Nagayasu

  3. Tissue and Histopathology Section, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan

    Y. Akazawa

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All procedures performed in the study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Trust and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Since Silicone Disc® has been approved for the surgery involving laparoscopy in Japan, the procedure has been carried out as a general clinical procedure.

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Nonaka, T., Tominaga, T., Akazawa, Y. et al. A novel technique of securing a clear surgical space using a silicone disc during transanal total mesorectal excision. Tech Coloproctol 24, 895–896 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-020-02223-8

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