Re: Laparoscopic chicken

From: AllanHo@aol.com
Sat Feb 2 10:42:28 2008


In a message dated 2/2/2008 3:39:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, fwren@shaw.ca writes:

Frances,

The one I use and I think Richard mentioned is the Ethicon Excel trocar. They have a plastic tip at the end that has wings of sort to help spread the tissue during placement. The laparoscope is able to pass into the trocar and you can see through the plastic end and see all the layers as they pass by during placement.

I use these even for the secondary ports that I place under direct visualization.

Glen

I remember trying something similar called VisiPort a long time ago. I heard that people had saw all layers of the abdomen before they entered into the intestinal lumen. What is my point? No matter what you use, the initial entry is always a dangerous business.

Allan





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