Investigation of the effect of puncture order and position on the difficulty of lower and middle abdominal port placement

• Main Authors: Chihiro Nakai (Author), Koji Yamanoi (Author), Akihito Horie (Author), Ken Yamaguchi (Author), Junzo Hamanishi (Author), Masaki Mandai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Port placements at the mid-abdomen (mainstay of robotic surgery [Rob]) appear to be difficult compared to that at lower abdomen (mainstay of conventional laparoscopy [Con-Lap]). We hypothesized that the reason for this may be the difference in port puncture places. Materials and Methods:...