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. 2011 Feb 8;26(7):875–880. doi: 10.1007/s00384-011-1148-1

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The frequency of exfoliated malignant cells at the distal colon anastomosis site after every 100-ml increment of irrigation. The frequency decreased with increasing irrigation-fluid volume (*p = 0.0024). In volumes ≥300 ml in the no-touch group and ≥400 ml in the control group, exfoliated malignant cells were no longer detectable