Economizing on a 12 mm port incision site: modification of robotic bowel stapling technique in Da Vinci X/Xi left colonic resections-the modified Norfolk and Norwich robotic stapling technique.

Journal: Journal of robotic surgery
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Abstract

The modified Norfolk and Norwich technique allows to replace a 12 mm port incision site by an 8 mm one, therefore reducing potential postoperative complications linked to 12 mm incisions by robotically stapling through the routinely placed suprapubic Alexis port.

Authors

  • Melanie Holzgang
    Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK. mailtomeli@gmail.com.
  • Dolly Dowsett
    Department of Surgery, NNUH, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
  • Ahmed El-Hadi
    Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK.
  • Irshad Shaikh
    Department of Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.