title: Our experience with a new instrument for laparoscopic gallbladder extraction, the "Bergetrokar".
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a standardized technique within the last years. However, the extraction of the stone-filled gallbladder often becomes a time-consuming and difficult part of the operation. We have developed a new instrument for quick and safe extraction of the stone-filled gallbladder. The instrument, called "Bergetrokar", is a trocar cannula with a trumpet valve and cone-shaped tip which can be spread. The application of this device is simple. After using the "Bergetrokar" in about 180 cases we have not observed any perforation of the gallbladder or loss of stones. Extraction times were reduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Hildegardis Hospital, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Höferlin
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Höhle
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation