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. 2017 Mar 27;45(3):1074–1089. doi: 10.1177/0300060516687229

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Operation flowchart showing the surgical processes undertaken and the surgical decisions that need to be made during the procedure. An operation flowchart is important in depicting the process and decisions made during surgery and may serve as a reference for surgeons. This illustrates the chain of decision making by an experienced surgeon during the entire course of the surgery and has been used as a standard operating procedure in our hospital.