title: [Full-thickness abdominal wall closure of laparoscopic trocar incision sites: a new, simplified technique].
abstract: Description of a safe, quick, easy and cheap technique of suture closure of laparoscopic trocar sites utilizing a reusable instrument ("hook-needle") developed for the purpose. The procedure is done under laparoscopic vision without the need for laparoscopic suture handling and results in a one stage closure of all relevant layers of the abdominal wall. Other techniques recently published for the same purpose are critically reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, des Kantonsspitals Aarau.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schwegler
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Riedtmann-Klee
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aeberhard
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D009339:Needles; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*