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Operative room set up and surgical team position.
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Fig. 1 demonstrates the operative room set up and surgical team position.
The first incision for the 10-mm trocar.
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The first trocar was placed at the middle line as shown in Fig. 2, followed by carbon dioxide insufflation maintained at 6 mmHg.
The three trocars were inserted.
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Then, two 5 mm trocars were inserted in front of the canine tooth on both sides at the level of the inferior molars in order to avoid injury of the mental nerve (Fig. 3).
The specimen was taken out through the 10-mm incision in the oral cavity.
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The specimen was put into an endobag and taken out through the 10-mm incision in the oral cavity (Fig. 4).
The vestibular port locations were closed.
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The deep fascia and the vestibular port locations were closed using 4-0 absorbable sutures (Fig. 5).
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