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Patient 1.
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Patients data: height - 176 cm, weight - 130 kg; BMI - 42.44; ASA class - 3 (Fig. 1).
PMC3921779_02
Patient 2.
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Patients data: height - 176 cm, weight - 176 kg; BMI - 56.81; ASA class - 3 (Fig. 2). In both cases wounds healed normally (Fig 2, 3).
Port placement in morbidly obese patients.
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We placed our ports in a cluster fashion in the ipsilateral upper quadrant (Fig. 3) with lateral shift such that the midline trocars were repositioned lateral to the abdominal rectus muscle. In both cases wounds healed normally (Fig 2, 3).