title: The Gazayerli knot-tying instrument or ligator for use in diverse laparoscopic surgical procedures.
abstract: An instrument for accurately and expeditiously tightening extracorporeal knots during laparoscopic surgery is presented. This instrument has been used successfully in a variety of laparoscopic procedures such as herniorrhaphy, cholecystectomy, oophorectomy, and others in which sutures were required to complete the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gazayerli
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D008026:Ligation / Q000295:instrumentation; D009339:Needles; D013499:Surface Properties; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013537:Sutures