Port Closure Device
Port Site Closure System · Trocar Site Closure Device · Fascial Closure Device · Endo Fascial Closure System · Carter-Thomason · Weck EFx
A long, thin sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry passer with a grasping tip, used with a plastic cone called a pilot guide that sits in the port site. Holes through the guide steer the passer through the abdominal wall on each side of the opening.
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What it does and the lengths it comes in.
What it’s for
Closes the fasciaFASH-ee-uhA sheet or band of tough connective tissue that covers and separates muscles and organs.fasci/o bandFull entry at laparoscopiclap-uh-roh-SKOP-ikDone through a few small cuts in the abdomen with a thin camera and long instruments, instead of one large opening.lapar/o abdomen-scopic viewingFull entry port sites at the end of the case. The passer carries sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry down through the fascia and peritoneumpair-ih-toh-NEE-umThe thin membrane that lines the belly cavity and covers most of the organs inside it.peri- aroundton stretched-eum a structureFull entry on one side and pulls it back up on the other, so the stitch can be tied. Fascia is usually closed at port sites 10 mm and larger. It can also pass a stitch around an injured abdominal wall vessel at a trocarTROH-karA sharp or bladed instrument inside a tube (cannula), used to pierce a body wall and leave the tube in place as a port.Full entry site.
Lengths and variants
Carter-Thomason CloseSure pilot guides come in 5 mm, 10/12 mm and 15 mm, with XL versions of the 10/12 mm and 15 mm guides.
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- coopersurgical.com
- Te Linde's Operative Gynecology. 10th ed. Chapter 17 (Diagnostic and Operative Laparoscopy), pp. 333-334
- endotx.com.au
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