Hepatic surgery facilitated by a new jet dissector.
Increasing experience with major hepatic resections has stimulated the development of improved resectional techniques and tools. A new high velocity water jet dissector is reported which offers significant advances over previously developed ultrasonic and low pressure water jet machines. It has been successfully used in 8 major hepatic resections with minimal blood loss, excellent visibility and without complications. The dissector is also of value in the exposure of intrahepatic bile ducts for biliary-enteric anastomosis.
Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Inselspital, University of Berne, Switzerland.
H U
HU
Baer
G J
GJ
Maddern
L H
LH
Blumgart
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000601:surgery; D004210:Dissection / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans