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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jan 27, 2012; 4(1): 1-8
Published online Jan 27, 2012. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v4.i1.1
Literature review of the energy sources for performing laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Tsukasa Hotta, Katsunari Takifuji, Shozo Yokoyama, Kenji Matsuda, Takashi Higashiguchi, Toshiji Tominaga, Yoshimasa Oku, Takashi Watanabe, Toru Nasu, Tadamichi Hashimoto, Koichi Tamura, Junji Ieda, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Hiromitsu Iwamoto, Hiroki Yamaue
Tsukasa Hotta, Katsunari Takifuji, Shozo Yokoyama, Kenji Matsuda, Takashi Higashiguchi, Toshiji Tominaga, Yoshimasa Oku, Takashi Watanabe, Toru Nasu, Tadamichi Hashimoto, Koichi Tamura, Junji Ieda, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Hiromitsu Iwamoto, Hiroki Yamaue, Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, School of Medicine, Wakayama 641-8510, Japan
Author contributions: Hotta T and Yamaue H concept and designed the study; Hotta T, Takifuji K, Yokoyama S, Matsuda K, Oku Y, Hashimoto T and Yamamoto N collected the data; Hotta T, Higashiguchi T, Tominaga T, Ieda J and Iwamoto H analyzed and explained the data; Hotta T and Tamura K drafted the manuscript; Watanabe T and Nasu T Revised the article critically for important intellectual content; Hotta T made the final approval of the version to be published.
Correspondence to: Tsukasa Hotta, MD, Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, School of Medicine, 811-1, Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-8510, Japan. hotta@wakayama-med.ac.jp
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Received: December 12, 2010
Revised: October 26, 2011
Accepted: December 8, 2011
Published online: January 27, 2012
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