title: An alternative port for use in hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery: a design using a stoma ring and a glove.
abstract: Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) has widened the range of laparoscopic surgery. An appropriate port allowing the passage of the hand while maintaining pneumoperitoneum is mandatory for HALS to be performed. Commercially available ports are expensive and may not be universally available. An inexpensive 2-component port using the flange of a stoma appliance and a glove, which could be readily assembled at short notice, is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, UK. pradeep.kumar@nt.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Senthil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D017575:Gloves, Protective; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial; D054047:Surgical Stomas