12 July 2022
: Case report
A 73-Year-Old Woman Treated for Rheumatoid Arthritis with Lower Rectal Carcinoma Who Underwent Abdominoperineal Resection, Lateral Regional Lymph Node Resection, and Partial Hepatectomy by Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS): A Case Report
Unusual clinical course, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment
Takayuki Tajima1ABCDEFG*, Masaya Mukai2ABCDEFG, Shuji Uda2ABCDE, Hideki Izumi2ABCDE, Daiki Yokoyama2ABCDE, Sayuri Hasegawa2ABCDE, Eiji Nomura2ABCDEDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936106
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936106
Figure 3. Diagram of location of ports and incision used in resecting the primary lesion. Arrows indicate the surgeon’s line of sight for arranging ports from the lower abdomen to the pelvic floor for the hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery procedure.






