Abdominal Key

Fig. 1 Kidney rest positioning Port Positioning, Docking, and Instrumentation The ports are positioned with the established principles of triangulation similar to conventional LVHR (Fig. 2). It is important to…

Final port position for a LLQ hernia Instrumentation For right-handed surgeons, a da Vinci (dV) prograsp (or fenestrated bipolar) is placed in arm #2, 12 mm 30° up camera in…

Fig. 1 (a, b) Physical exam In order to achieve the diagnosis a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis can be done as shown in Fig. 2….

Fig. 1 Laparoscopic repair of subxiphoid incisional hernia. Mesh fixation is limited by the costal margin superiorly Our preferred technique is placement of mesh in the extraperitoneal position, either preperitoneal…

Fig. 1 Pneumoperitoneum : Veress needle The other cannulas, one for the robotic optic and two for work arms, are located under direct view, preferably 20 cm away from the…

Fig. 1 Patient’s positioning and wide exposition of the abdominal wall Operative Technique Parastomal The same operative steps as incisional laparoscopic hernia already described are carried out, but with some…

Fig. 1 Comparison of mesh (light- and heavyweight) strength with abdominal wall pressures Lightweight meshes were first introduced in 1998 (Vypro) and their superiority over the heavyweight meshes is now…

Fig. 1 Organization Chart by Hierarchy. This chart considers hospital departments and academic hierarchy The site had the investment and strategy to begin the project. The Institutional Review Board (IRB)…

Fig. 1 Photographs demonstrating siting of the TAP block . The US transducer is placed in the transverse plane between the twelfth rib or costal margin and the iliac crest….

Fig. 1 (a) Operating room setup: patient’s marking. (b) Operating room setup: OR staff positioning. (c) Operating room setup: overall positioning In the second place we need to think of…