title: Current modifications to totally laparoscopic "apron technique".
abstract: Since our original description in 1997 of a totally laparoscopic technique for treatment of aortoiliac disease, this type of minimally invasive procedure has been used both in the United States and abroad. We describe improvements that should make this technique more easily reproducible. This modified procedure was offered to six patients, one of whom received a tube graft for treatment of aneurysm disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, CHU de Québec, Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise, 10 rue de l'Espinay, Québec, G1L 3L5 Québec, Canada. dion.yves@videotron.ca
authors.forename: Yves-Marie
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Dion
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thaveau
authors.forename: Shirley J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Fearn
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*