PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOUBLE-ILLUMINATION TECHNIQUE FOR LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT COLECTOMY

This report describes our technique and initial experience with total intraabdominal laparoscopic left colectomy on 3 patients. Three consecutive patients, 2 females and 1 male, underwent laparoscopic left colectomy due to sigmoid volvulus and villous adenoma, respectively. The technique described herein helps to locate the intracolonic lesion, enables en bloc resection, shortens the operation time, and reduces the cost. Because the procedure is minimally invasive, patient recovery is remarkable compared with the conventional technique. All of the patients in this report were discharged on postoperative day 4 without any morbidity.