title: Endo Mini-Retract(TM) laparoscopic retractor with a novel short-cut Nelaton catheter for dividing the vasculature in laparoscopic liver resection.
abstract: Laparoscopic hepatectomy has become a widespread procedure in Japan, now that the national medical insurance system covers partial resection and lateral segmentectomy. An important procedure during laparoscopic hepatectomy is the division of the vascular pedicles. In this paper we report a practical and useful method for vascular division with an Endo Mini-Retract(TM) retractor and a shortened Nelaton catheter (2.5-mm-diameter) developed in our department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School.
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniai
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takane
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchida
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*