Specimen Retrieval Bag
Specimen Bag · Endo Bag · Endobag · Endopouch · Endo Catch · Tissue Retrieval Bag · Retrieval Pouch
A clear plastic pouch on a spring-wire frame at the end of a long shaft. It is pushed out through a port until it opens fully, and a string is pulled to close it around the specimen.
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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Removes tissue from the abdomen in 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 and robotic cases, such as a gallbladder, appendixuh-PEN-diksA small, finger-shaped pouch attached to the first part of the large intestine, in the lower right abdomen.Full entry , spleenspleenAn organ in the upper left abdomen that filters the blood and helps fight infection.splen/o spleenFull entry , ovarian cyst or lymph nodelimf nohdA small, bean-shaped organ of the immune system that filters lymph fluid and holds white blood cells.Full entry , so the tissue is captured and contained as it comes out. The bag goes in through one of the larger ports (the 10 mm port in a laparoscopic cholecystectomykoh-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-meeSurgery to remove the gallbladder.chol/e bilecyst/o sac, bladder-ectomy surgical removalFull entry , up to an 18 mm port for very large specimens). The specimen is placed in it, the bag is closed and withdrawn through the port or a small extra incision. Special bags are made for contained morcellation of a uterus or fibroids.
Lengths and variants
Many sizes by opening and volume, fitting different port sizes. Morcellation bags are made for contained morcellation and are insufflationin-suh-FLAY-shunBlowing a gas into a body cavity, such as carbon dioxide into the abdomen during laparoscopic surgery.Full entry with carbon dioxideKAR-bun dy-OK-sideA gas made by the body's cells as waste, carried in the blood to the lungs and breathed out.Full entry inside the abdomen.
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- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 20 (Minimally Invasive Surgery), p. 443
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 22 (General Surgery), p. 521
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 14 (Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery), p. 432
- appliedmedical.com
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