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A simple and reliable procedure for laparoscopic port-site closure

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Abstract

Purpose

One of the complications in laparoscopic surgery is port-site hernia. It is a rare but potentially dangerous complication. Especially when using ports with a size 10 mm or more, it is required to securely close the port site. However, this procedure is often difficult especially for obese patients.

Methods

We herein devised a new closure method by using a device developed for port site. These techniques are methods that can close the port site by a combination of putting in and out of thread and port rotation without removing a port. The port-site closure with these techniques was done for 53 port sites of 41 patients.

Results

The port site was closed horizontally or vertically, depending on the shape of the port site for two patients. Modified Z-suture was done for other 37 patients. To date, we have not noted any complications from this new method, including port-site hernia.

Conclusion

With our technique, we could save operation time and reduce stress of us especially for obese patients. We would like to increase the number of patients and verify the safety and usefulness in further study.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Nagoya City East Medical Center, 2-23 Wakamizu 1, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8547, Japan

    Masahiro Kimura, Yuki Eguchi, Takaya Nagasaki, Seiji Nakaya, Saburo Sugita & Satomi Sawai

  2. Department of Surgery, Nagoya City West Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Kuwabara & Akira Mitsui

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Contributions

Study conception and design: Masahiro Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kuwabara, Akira Mitsui. Acquisition of data: .Experimental work: Masahiro Kimura, Takaya Nagasaki, Seiji Nakaya, Yuki Eguchi, Saburo Sugita, Satomi Sawai. Operative work: Masahiro Kimura, Yuki Eguchi, Saburo Sugita. Analysis and interpretation of data: Masahiro Kimura

Drafting of manuscript: Masahiro Kimura. Critical revision: Masahiro Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kuwabara

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Correspondence to Masahiro Kimura.

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All procedures performed in these studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Kimura, M., Eguchi, Y., Kuwabara, Y. et al. A simple and reliable procedure for laparoscopic port-site closure. Langenbecks Arch Surg 406, 1233–1237 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-021-02121-z

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