title: Technical report: a technique of rapidly re-establishing a pneumoperitoneum with use of a wound protector during laparoscopic-assisted surgery.
abstract: The authors described a technique of rapidly reestablishing a pneumoperitoneum after laparoscopically assisted surgery by pulling up and clamping the edge of the wound protector. Our laparoscopic assisted surgical technique for the digestive tract is useful and easy to perform without using special devices.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. tagaya@dokkyomed.ac.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tagaya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kogure
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
mesh_terms: D001512:Bedding and Linens; D003250:Constriction; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*