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The benefits of a curved suture needle in laparoscopic partial fundoplications in infants
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Pediatric Surgery International
|May 13, 2004
Abstract:
A modified Watson fundoplication technique is described using curved needles introduced through the anterior abdominal wall. This technique has clear advantages over ski needles, allows for a wider choice of sutures and helps curtail costs in laparoscopic fundoplication in the small child.