Veress needle insertion in the left hypochondrium in creation of the pneumoperitoneum Punção no hipocôndrio esquerdo com agulha de Veress para a criação do pneumoperitônio

PURPOSE: To test the efficacy of the puncture in the left hypochondrium as an alternative method. METHODS: Sixty-two patients randomly distributed into two groups were studied: Group LH, puncture in the left hypochondrium (n=30), and Group ML, puncture in the abdominal midline (n=32). The following...

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Main Authors: Otávio Cansanção de Azevedo, João Luiz Moreira Coutinho Azevedo, Albino Augusto Sorbello, Gustavo Peixoto Soares Miguel, Rodrigo Santa Cruz Guindalini, Antônio Cláudio de Godoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2006-10-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502006000500005