title: Laparoscopic intragastric surgery using GelPort.
abstract: In laparoscopic intragastric surgery for early gastric cancer and submucosal tumors, three trocars are routinely inserted in the gastric lumen. We placed a GelPort hand assist device through a 5-cm transverse incision in the upper abdomen, and inserted the trocars into the gastric lumen through the gel seal cap, snapping the gel seal cap on and off during the operation. This makes it possible to use an open technique in which trocars are inserted into the gastric lumen, and to close the trocar sites in the gastric wall. We believe that the technique described here is easier and saves time compared with inserting trocars and closing trocar sites laparoscopically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Innovative Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tonouchi
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mohri
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoe
authors.forename: Minako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D005782:Gels