Re-look After Laparoscopic Resection

Abstract

The ability to re-establish pneumoperitoneum at the termination of a laparoscopic colon resection allows a surgeon to look for bleeding, confirm the satisfactory performance of an anastomosis, and evaluate for the presence of a retained foreign body after an instrument or sponge count suggests an error, without enlarging an incision or converting to an open incision operation. Techniques described in this chapter permit the ready recreation of pneumoperitoneum without an incision being enlarged.