title: New suturing device for laparoscopic hysterectomy.
abstract: Suturing is the most difficult element in laparoscopic surgery. Therefore, surgeons often resort to the use of a linear stapler, which increases the overall cost of the surgery. The Della Badia laparoscopic suturing device facilitates suturing by incorporating the suture before it is inserted into the abdomen. Intra-abdominal needle loading is thereby eliminated. The instrument also allows the surgeon to place the suture at the desired location. In the initial 25 cases in which the device was used, it was found to be effective, and at a fraction of the cost of the linear stapler.
authors.affiliation: Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Della Badia
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*