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Fig. 16: picture of manipulation angle Fig. 19: Laparoscopic surgical team of the investigator
the higher it approaches nonreproducibility due to fatigue
from increased elevation angle and shoulder overstretching.
This is in keeping with the Baseball Diamond concepts of
port positioning.

ConCLUSIon
There is no ‘ideal port position in urological laparoscopic
procedures based on anatomical landmarks, but the closer
the ports’ positions are to make a manipulation angle of 60º
(Baseball Diamond), the closer to ideal it will be.

RECoMMEndATIonS

More work is to be done on the newly emerging laparo s­
Fig. 17: ports’ positions copic urology particularly in the developing world.

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