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. 2010 Jul-Sep;14(3):460-1; author reply 461.

Re: JSLS(2009);13(3):346-349. Long-term study of port-site incisional hernia after laparoscopic procedures

Rajaraman Durai, Philip Ch Ng
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Re: JSLS(2009);13(3):346-349. Long-term study of port-site incisional hernia after laparoscopic procedures

Rajaraman Durai et al. JSLS. 2010 Jul-Sep.
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Figure 1.
The suction catheter is passed via a 10 mm port and used to lever the fascial sheath and the skin is retracted with a Langenbeck's retractor. This enables full thickness fascial stitch and the surgeon will be able to close the 10 mm port and therefore preventing 10 mm port-site incisional hernia.
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    1. Hussain A, Mahmood H, Singhal T, Balakrishnan S, Nicholls J, El-Hasani S. Long-term study of port-site incisional hernia after laparoscopic procedures. JSLS. 2009;13(3):346–349 - PMC - PubMed
    1. Durai R, Ng PC. Novel methods of closing 10-mm laparoscopic port-site wounds. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2009;19(6):791–793 - PubMed

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