title: [Initial experiences with the modular retraction system (VarioLift) for laparoscopic surgery without pneumoperitoneum].
abstract: The VarioLift system is an alternative method for abdominal wall lifting to create sufficient intra-abdominal space and adequate laparoscopic exposure to the operating field. The installation of a CO2 pneumoperitoneum is not necessary, which means that technical disadvantages, systemic and local physiological effects, or complications related to gas insufflation are not relevant when this method is used. The surgeon is allowed to combine the advantages of endoscopic surgery, such as magnified video-endoscopic visualisation, with well-known open surgical techniques to create a symbiosis of prove methods.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Gutt
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Daume
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paolucci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Encke
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Erste Erfahrungen mit dem modularen Retraktionssystem (VarioLift) für die laparoskopische Chirurgie ohne Pneumoperitoneum.