An alternative technique to create the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery

Surg Laparosc Endosc. 1995 Jun;5(3):205-8.

Abstract

A method for creating the pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery in 200 patients used the Lazarus-Nelson technique. A needle half the diameter of the Veress needle was used. A guide wire followed by a catheter with multiple side ports allowed for rapid infusion of CO2. A technique used safely in hundreds of thousands of peritoneal lavages gives the surgeon a safe and rapid technique to create a pneumoperitoneum.

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide / administration & dosage
  • Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Fascia / anatomy & histology
  • Humans
  • Insufflation / instrumentation
  • Laparoscopy*
  • Needles
  • Peritoneal Lavage / methods
  • Peritoneum / anatomy & histology
  • Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / instrumentation
  • Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / methods*

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide