A simple and rapid technique for suture ligation during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, it is difficult to separate and resect an inflamed cystic duct. This difficulty derives mainly from the lack of a simple and rapid technique of manually ligating the cystic duct. We describe herein a technique that facilitates manual ligation using ordinary silk sutures.
Kitano
S
S
Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Moriyama
M
M
Sugimachi
K
K
D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques