Laparoscopic Left Colectomy (Left Hemicolectomy) Laboratory Medicine

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David B Stewart, Sr, MD, FACS, FASCRS Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

David B Stewart, Sr, MD, FACS, FASCRS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Vikram Kate, FRCS, MS, MBBS, PhD, FACS, FACG, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Glasg), FIMSA, MAMS, MASCRS, FFST(Ed) Professor of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery and Senior Consultant Surgeon, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India

Vikram Kate, FRCS, MS, MBBS, PhD, FACS, FACG, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Glasg), FIMSA, MAMS, MASCRS, FFST(Ed) is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Gastroenterology, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers (RCSEd), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers (RCSEd)

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

The Chief Editor would like to acknowledge the assistance of Dr Gurushankari Balakrishnan, Junior Resident, Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India, in updating the review of this article. 

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