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A way of gaining surgical access to the Aorta and superior mesenteric artery in a trauma/exploratory laparotomy. The surgeon mobilizes the spleen, colon descendens and the left kidney, bringing it all en bloc to the other side, thereby exposing the aorta and SMA.

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