title: Invention of Two Instruments Fitted with SECUREA™ Useful for Laparoscopic Liver Resection.
abstract: Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) became common in Japan when advanced techniques and instruments for the procedure became available and the national medical insurance began covering partial resection and lateral segmentectomy. A successful LLR requires a gentle and powerful hold on the specimens, a steady operating field, and fast and rapid compression of the bleeding point to achieve hemostasis. In this paper we describe two instruments developed in our department by attaching the SECUREA™ endoscopic surgical spacer to the forceps and suction tube used for LLR. The instruments are useful and practical for any type of LLR, even in the hands of less experienced surgeons.
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: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
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: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*