Extracorporeal knot tying using an atraumatic Babcock clamp.
Extracorporeal knot tying is a method of avoiding the difficult and time-consuming skill of intracorporeal knot tying and can be equally effective. An endoscopic Babcock clamp can be used instead of the usual knot-pusher devices so that the suture material does not become dislodged. The Babcock clamp lays the knot flat and applies equal traction on each end of the suture.
St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
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D003250:Constriction; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques