SAGES Pearls: Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy

Editor: Peter Marcello, MD

Product Details
Product ID: MS1111
Year Produced: 2007


Steps of the Procedure

  1. Setup & Trocars
  2. Pedicle Isolation & Ligation
  3. Medial to Lateral
    1. Medial Colon Mobilization
    2. Lateral Colon Mobilization / Omental Separation
    3. Rectal Transection
  4. Lateral to Medial
    1. Lateral Colon Mobilization / Omental Separation
    2. Rectal Transection
    3. Colon Extraction & Transection
  5. Anastomosis & Closure
Conor Delaney, MD
Peter Marcello, MD
Matthew Mutch, MD
Sang Lee, MD
Bary Salky, MD
Tonia Young-Fadok, MD