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However, widespread adoption and teaching of ICA can be challenging, often due to the reliance on advanced intracorporeal suturing skills. This technical note describes a standardized, fully stapled intracorporeal side-to-side anastomosis technique for minimally invasive right and left colectomies, aiming to simplify its execution and improve reproducibility.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Technique<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The procedure begins with deliberate port placement and patient positioning tailored for robotic access. Following full bowel mobilization and mesenteric division, anti-mesenteric stay sutures are placed to facilitate optimal alignment. Enterotomies are carefully created, and a double-stapled intracorporeal anastomosis is performed using sequentially oriented 60-mm enteric stapler loads. The technique emphasizes precise tissue handling, proper stapler orientation, and visual confirmation of perfusion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This standardized, fully stapled approach offers a reproducible and efficient solution to performing intracorporeal side-to-side intestinal anastomosis. By eliminating the need for intracorporeal hand-sewn closure and leveraging familiar stapler-based principles, this technique aims to lower the technical barrier to adoption and facilitate its teaching across both robotic and laparoscopic platforms. 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