Fig. 1

Two-port laparoscopic anterior resection (TPLAR) using a 12-mm port and a glove port for rectal cancer: a surgical glove, wound retractor, and trocars were required for the self-made device (a). The self-made device was inserted into the transumbilical incision. An additional 12-mm trocar was placed into an incision at McBurney’s point (b). A drain was placed through the additional port incision at McBurney’s point. The transumbilical incision was closed (c). Representative image of specimen from a patient undergoing TPLAR that was extracted via the transumbilical incision (d)