title: Newly designed laparoscopic retractable dissector and suture passer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Endourology Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA. steve.chung@cshs.org
authors.forename: Steve Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Chris H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chon
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Gerhard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: 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