A simple and inexpensive technique for closing trocar sites and grasping sutures

J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 1999 Feb;9(1):81-5. doi: 10.1089/lap.1999.9.81.

Abstract

Grasping sutures during laparoscopic surgery is useful in closing trocar sites, repairing ventral hernias, and securing abdominal wall bleeding. This can be a cumbersome task through small incisions. An 18 gauge spinal needle and the suture of choice for accomplishing the job at hand can be used with a laparoscopic-assisted technique that is simple, inexpensive, and easy to learn. Surgeons performing laparoscopy should add this technique to their repertoire.

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Muscles / surgery
  • Hemostasis, Surgical / methods
  • Hernia, Ventral / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Suture Techniques*