Highlights
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Gaining trans-diaphragmatic access to thoracic cavity during de-bulking laparotomy.
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Assessment and dissection of bulky cardiophrenic lymph nodes to achieve optimal cytoreduction.
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Technique for primary closure of diaphragm following radical resection.
Video 1, Pinelli et al., 2019, Soleymani majd et al., 2016.
Authors contribution
All authors were directly involved in producing the work – Mr Soleymani majd and Professor Yao being the operating surgeons; and Dr. Addley editing and narrating the surgical film. All authors agreed on the final film for submission.
CRediT authorship contribution statement
Susan Addley: Drafting the article, Final approval of version to be published. De-Sheng Yao: Critical revision of the article, Final approval of version to be published. Hooman Soleymani majd: Critical revision of the article, Final approval of version to be published.
Declaration of Competing Interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
References
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