Kryzauskas, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6373-9721
Jakubauskas, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0789-2067
Poskus, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6722-9094
Strupas, K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1690-937X
Poskus, T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6931-6041
Article History
Received: 18 July 2019
Accepted: 20 August 2019
First Online: 23 October 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The proctoscope and an additional laparoscopic system with near-infrared fluorescence imaging camera that were used in this technique were provided without pay by KARL STORZ, Tuttligen, Germany. Marius Kryzauskas, Matas Jakubauskas, Eligijus Poskus, Kestutis Strupas and Tomas Poskus declare that they have no additional conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.