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Surgicel plug technique versus endoclose technique for port-site closure post minimally invasive (robotic and laparoscopic) surgeries

Retrospective cohort study

Maher S. Moazin, Abdulrahman M. Alsuwailim, Mosab M. Botaiban, Abdulaziz Y. Alabdulrahman, Abdullah Alfakhri, Naif Aldhaam,, Muhammad Abukhater, Arjmand Reyaz and Mohammed Y. Alessa
Saudi Medical Journal April 2023, 44 (4) 368-372; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.4.20220899
Maher S. Moazin
From the Department of Urology (Moazin, Alfakhri, Aldhaam), and form the General Surgery Department (Abukhater, Reyaz), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; from the Urology Department (Alsuwailim), Almoosa Specialist Hospital; from the Internal Medicine Department (Botaiban, Alabdulrahman), and from the Surgery Department (Alessa), King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman M. Alsuwailim
From the Department of Urology (Moazin, Alfakhri, Aldhaam), and form the General Surgery Department (Abukhater, Reyaz), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; from the Urology Department (Alsuwailim), Almoosa Specialist Hospital; from the Internal Medicine Department (Botaiban, Alabdulrahman), and from the Surgery Department (Alessa), King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mosab M. Botaiban
From the Department of Urology (Moazin, Alfakhri, Aldhaam), and form the General Surgery Department (Abukhater, Reyaz), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; from the Urology Department (Alsuwailim), Almoosa Specialist Hospital; from the Internal Medicine Department (Botaiban, Alabdulrahman), and from the Surgery Department (Alessa), King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz Y. Alabdulrahman
From the Department of Urology (Moazin, Alfakhri, Aldhaam), and form the General Surgery Department (Abukhater, Reyaz), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; from the Urology Department (Alsuwailim), Almoosa Specialist Hospital; from the Internal Medicine Department (Botaiban, Alabdulrahman), and from the Surgery Department (Alessa), King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Alfakhri
From the Department of Urology (Moazin, Alfakhri, Aldhaam), and form the General Surgery Department (Abukhater, Reyaz), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; from the Urology Department (Alsuwailim), Almoosa Specialist Hospital; from the Internal Medicine Department (Botaiban, Alabdulrahman), and from the Surgery Department (Alessa), King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Naif Aldhaam,
From the Department of Urology (Moazin, Alfakhri, Aldhaam), and form the General Surgery Department (Abukhater, Reyaz), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; from the Urology Department (Alsuwailim), Almoosa Specialist Hospital; from the Internal Medicine Department (Botaiban, Alabdulrahman), and from the Surgery Department (Alessa), King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muhammad Abukhater
From the Department of Urology (Moazin, Alfakhri, Aldhaam), and form the General Surgery Department (Abukhater, Reyaz), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; from the Urology Department (Alsuwailim), Almoosa Specialist Hospital; from the Internal Medicine Department (Botaiban, Alabdulrahman), and from the Surgery Department (Alessa), King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Arjmand Reyaz
From the Department of Urology (Moazin, Alfakhri, Aldhaam), and form the General Surgery Department (Abukhater, Reyaz), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; from the Urology Department (Alsuwailim), Almoosa Specialist Hospital; from the Internal Medicine Department (Botaiban, Alabdulrahman), and from the Surgery Department (Alessa), King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed Y. Alessa
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