title: An alternative technique to create the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery.
abstract: A method for creating the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery in 200 patients used the Lazarus-Nelson technique. A needle half the diameter of the Veress needle was used. A guide wire followed by a catheter with multiple side ports allowed for rapid infusion of CO2. A technique used safely in hundreds of thousands of peritoneal lavages gives the surgeon a safe and rapid technique to create a pneumoperitoneum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lazarus
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005205:Fascia / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007327:Insufflation / Q000295:instrumentation; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009339:Needles; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage / Q000379:methods; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide