title: Extracorporeal knotting simplified with a new instrument.
abstract: We report a quick, reliable, inexpensive method that uses a new, reusable instrument which can be used in laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery to execute any kind of extracorporeal suture.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fatebenefratelli and Oftalmico Hospital, C.so Porta Nuova 23, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Croce
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Olmi
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D017743:Equipment Reuse; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013537:Sutures