Laparoscopy-assisted jejunal resection for bleeding leiomyoma.

Surg Endosc

Department of Surgery, Meridia Huron Hospital, East Cleveland, OH 44112-4308, USA.

Published: February 1998

We report a case of successful resection of a jejunal leiomyoma using a minimally invasive technique. By combining the procedures of push enteroscopy and laparoscopy, jejunal resection can be performed expeditiously without laparotomy.

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