Indications Hernia with a minimum defect size of 3 cm Symptomatic hernia Contraindications Bowel injury Intestinal strangulation Intolerance to general anesthesia Uncontrolled coagulopathy Closing the hernia orifice even under local…
Feature TriPort15™/TriPort+™/QuadPort+™ SILS™ Port GelPOINT™/GelPOINT™ Mini ENDOCONE®/X-Cone/S-PORT® OCTO™ Port SPIDER™ E•Z Access™/E•Z Access™ Oval x-GATE® Free Access Olympus Covidien Applied medical Karl Storz Dalim SurgNET TransEnterix Hakko Sumitomo Bakelite TOP…
Fig. 13.1 Illustration of the human embryo at 8 weeks Fig. 13.2 Computed tomography image at the level of the umbilicus. There is no muscle layer or subcutaneous fat layer…
Fig. 8.1 Differences between 2-, 5- and 10-mm optics A significant obstacle to needlescopic surgery is the limited visualization achieved with 3-mm and smaller laparoscopes. Minilaparoscopes are available from Olympus…
Fig. 2.1 Co-axial setup. Monitor, surgical field, camera port, and the operator are ideally placed in a line Fig. 2.2 Triangular formation. Instruments from both sides should make an angle…
Fig. 35.1 Bariatric Procedures 1. TANKO laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) TANKO LAGB seems to be the least technically demanding of the TANKO bariatric surgeries. LAGB requires an adjustable port…
Fig. 34.1 Evolution of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. (a) Mason and Ito (1966), (b) Griffin modification (1977), (c) Torres (1980) Here we describe our technique for SITU-LRYGB. 34.3 Technique The patient…
Fig. 10.1 The difference between conventional laparoscopic surgery (a) and SPLS (b) 10.2 Types and Characteristics of Access Ports Usually, a trans-navel approach is chosen. This approach consists of a…
Fig. 39.1 A view of minimally invasive surgery integrated operating theatres in our institution 39.2.1 Instruments/Equipment There is a large range of products available for the surgeon to utilize. Flexible,…
