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The role of hand‐assisted laparoscopy in urology: a critical appraisal
Author(s) -
Rane Abhay,
Wolf J. Stuart
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2004.05558.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urology , citation , library science , computer science
Several devices are commercially manufactured which allow the hand to be introduced into an insufflated abdomen while maintaining the pneumoperitoneum. The Pneumosleeve® (Dexterity Inc., Atlanta, USA) was the first device, introduced in 1997. The Intromit® (Applied Medical, Rancho Santa Margarita, USA) and the HandPort® (Smith and Nephew, Huntingdon, UK) followed shortly thereafter, but all have been discontinued in favour of the three superior ‘second-generation’ products currently available.