Newly designed laparoscopic retractable dissector and suture passer.
We introduce a novel laparoscopic instrument that performs as a dissector and retractable suture passer in preparation for intracorporeal knot tying. The newly designed instrument was developed at our institution to duplicate techniques of vessel ligation in open surgery.
Chung
Steve Y
SY
Endourology Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA. steve.chung@cshs.org
Chon
Chris H
CH
Ng
Christopher S
CS
Fuchs
Gerhard J
GJ
D000818:Animals; D004210:Dissection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008026:Ligation / Q000295:instrumentation; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation