title: A simple and safe extracorporeal knotting technique.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Extracorporeal knotting in laparoscopic surgery can be used in certain situations or as a bridge to mastering more technically demanding intracorporeal suturing. We describe a simple, easy, and safe extracorporeal knotting technique.
  A simple knotting technique, borrowed from the art of tatting, is used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This very simple and safe technique has been successfully followed in more than 50 cases for tying an extracorporeal knot. Its advantage is that any number of additional knots can be tied and easily slid down in a single maneuver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Government Netaji Subash Chandra Bose (NSCB) Medical College, Jabalpur, India.
authors.forename: Reena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.forename: Uday
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Somashekar
authors.forename: Dhananjaya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Dileep Singh
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures; D013718:Tensile Strength