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Two pieces of equipment are needed to gain access to the abdomen: an insufflator and a Veress needle (or Hasson cannula, see section C).
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Soper, N.J. (1999). Access to Abdomen. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H. (eds) The SAGES Manual. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88454-2_4
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