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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
Medknow Publications
ISSN: 0972-9941 EISSN: 0972-9941
Vol. 7, No. 1, 2011, pp. 112-115
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Bioline Code: ma11023
Full paper language: English
Document type: Resources & Tools
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2011, pp. 112-115
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One-handed knot tying technique in single-incision laparoscopic surgery
Thanakumar, John & John, Pravin Hector
Abstract
In an open surgery, two-handed as well as one-handed knot tying is commonplace. Knot tying in laparoscopic surgery traditionally involves the use of two instruments (for fashioning an intracorporeal knot) or passing of a ligature around a tubular structure, exteriorising it, fashioning a knot, and sliding it down with a knot-pusher (external slip knot). With increasing interest in expanding applications of single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), surgeons are faced with new challenges. In SILS it is not usually possible to utilise two instruments for knot tying as they lie almost parallel. We describe a novel one-handed knot tying technique devised specifically for use in SILS.
Keywords
Knot, single-incision laparoscopic surgery, surgery
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