Laparoscopy: access with open versus closed technique
Clerico, D.; Segre, D.; Emmolo, I.; Liberatore, E.; Quaranta, L.
Minerva Chirurgica 51(9): 661-662
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 9082229 Document Number: 460752
Pneumoperitoneum in diagnostic or therapeutic laparoscopy can be achieved by an open or a closed technique. The authors, on the basis of their experience, compare both techniques, concluding that open method is safer, because of the lack of major complications observed in the closed method and with only few minor complications.