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Trocar

Known as: Trocars 
A trocar is a sharp-pointed instrument used with a cannula for piercing a vessel or chamber to facilitate insertion of the cannula.
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Surgical Instruments

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TROCAR, LARYNGEALTrocar Device Component

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Trocar site hernia after laparoscopic surgery: a qualitative systematic review
PurposeThere is a risk of developing a trocar site hernia (TSH) after laparoscopic surgery, but data is sparse and based mostly… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Transumbilical single-port access versus conventional total laparoscopic hysterectomy: surgical outcomes.
Review
2008
Review
2008
Transumbilical single-port surgery: evolution and current status.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Trocar-less Instrumentation for Laparoscopy: Magnetic Positioning of Intra-abdominal Camera and Retractor
Objective:To develop a novel laparoscopic system of moveable instruments that are positioned intra-abdominally and “locked” into… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Laboratory and clinical development of single keyhole umbilical nephrectomy.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Single-port laparoscopic appendectomy conducted intracorporeally with the aid of a transabdominal sling suture.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Perioperative outcomes and complications of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A prospective trial of systematic nodal dissection for lung cancer by video-assisted thoracic surgery: can it be perfect?
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Thoracoscopic en bloc total esophagectomy with radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy.
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Percutaneous trocar (needle) nephrostomy in hydronephrosis.
This paper describes indications for and the technique and results of trocar nephrostomy, performed by percutaneous lumbar tap of… 
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