A new glove port for single incision procedure.
10.4174/astr.2015.89.5.284
- Author:
Yoon Song KO
1
;
Sam Youl YOON
;
Hyung Joon HAN
;
Tae Wan YIM
;
Tae Jin SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Ansan Hospital, Korea University Medical Center, Ansan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Glove port;
Laparoscopy;
Single-incision
- MeSH:
Cost-Benefit Analysis;
Diagnosis-Related Groups;
Gloves, Surgical;
Laparoscopy;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
2015;89(5):284-286
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Single-incision laparoscopic surgery has gained increasing attention due to its potential to improve the benefits of laparoscopic surgery. However, inconvenience remains for inexperienced surgeons during surgery when instruments conflict with each other, and a glove port is used hesitantly for such diagnosis related groups (DRG) because of its high cost. Authors made a new glove port by an odd surgical gloves and one wound protectors. This glove port is ease to make besides being convenient to us, and inexpensive. This new glove port has the benefit of easy utilization and cost effectiveness for surgeons performing single-incision laparoscopic surgery.
