Laparoscopic intracorporeal square-to-slip knot.
We review a laparoscopic, intracorporeal technique of securing the square knot. It is useful when a surgeon's knot is insufficient to maintain tissue approximation. Advantages include the use of standard tying methods, lack of extracorporeal knot creation or need for a pushing device, and ability to secure the knot in difficult locations.
Meng
Maxwell V
MV
Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94143-0738, USA.
Stoller
Marshall L
ML
D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery