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A magnetic probe to retrieve broken metallic parts of instruments during laparoscopic procedures
D Kandioler-Eckersberger1, B Niederle, F Herbst
1Department of Surgery, University of Vienna Medical School, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Daniela.Kandioler@akh-wien.ac.at
Surgical Endoscopy
|April 19, 2002
Abstract:
To facilitate retrieval of metallic fragments out of the abdominal cavity during laparoscopic procedures, a semiflexible magnetic probe was devised. Efficacy and safety was demonstrated in two clinical cases without need for additional trocar placement or conversion to laparotomy.