Premium
Liver retraction using a Kelly retractor and sutures
Author(s) -
YanWah Mak Josephine,
Leong HengTat
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
surgical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1744-1633
pISSN - 1744-1625
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2006.00288.x
Subject(s) - medicine , retractor , abdominal wall , surgery
Adequate exposure enables an operation to be performed safely and with precision. In most of the upper abdominal operations, good retraction of the abdominal wall as well as the upper abdominal viscera is necessary. A simple but effective and inexpensive method of liver retraction is introduced.