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Evaluating the Role of Retrieval Bags in Mitigating Contamination During Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery
- Javier Valdes-Hernandez,
- Andrea Balla,
- Christof Mittermair,
- Christian Obrist,
- Juan Carlos Gómez-Rosado,
- Katharina Pimpl,
- Eberhard Brunner,
- Jan Schirnhofer,
- Helmut Weiss and
- Salvador Morales-Conde
Objective: To evaluate the extent of intraoperative bacterial and tumour cell spillage during minimally invasive colorectal surgery and to assess the protective value of systematic specimen retrieval using a tear-proof extraction bag. Methods: This m...