Full-thickness abdominal wall closure of laparoscopic trocar incision sites: a new, simplified technique
Schwegler, I.; Riedtmann-Klee, H.J.; Aeberhard, P.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für Alle Gebiete der Operativen Medizen 67(7): 748-751
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4722 PMID: 8925703 Document Number: 459860
Description of a safe, quick, easy and cheap technique of suture closure of laparoscopic trocar sites utilizing a reusable instrument ("hook-needle") developed for the purpose. The procedure is done under laparoscopic vision without the need for laparoscopic suture handling and results in a one stage closure of all relevant layers of the abdominal wall. Other techniques recently published for the same purpose are critically reviewed.