Takeshi Ohdaira, MD, Norifumi Tsutsumi, MD, Megumu Mori, MD, Kyo Jo, MD, Makoto Hashizume, MD. Department of Advanced Medicine and Innovative Technology, Kyushu University Hospital
Objectives: A number of minimally invasive surgical procedures by Single Port Surgery (SPS) have been proposed. However, there exist the following issues: 1) the fatal flaw that the triangular formation for the target site of treatment, which is indispensable for endoscopic surgery, is impossible to establish; and 2) the issue of clashing among forceps in the endoscope port. We successfully established Multi Piercing Surgery (MPS), which is a Needlescopic Surgery (NS) assisted by NOTES. In this study, we conducted gastrectomy and hepatectomy by MPS using the 3-mm diameter needle-type instruments through the opening at the cutaneous that is impossible to detect macroscopically. The flaw of small-diameter needle surgery the low resolution of the monitor diameter was resolved by concurrently using the high-resolution endoscope for NOTES and performing NOTES whose procedures were simplified to prevent surgical opening dilatation which may occur when removing resected organs out of the body. This method permits ultra-minimally invasive surgery by using the low pain of the micro abdominal opening and the markedly high pain threshold of the intestine in NOTES. Description: Surgery was performed with a total of four instruments for transabdominal surgery, i.e., two 3-mm diameter forceps, one knife, and one stripping forceps. NOTES used the transrectal route and the 10-mm diameter endoscope. Ozon nano-babble water allowing complete intestinal lavage in a short time was used for NOTES. Two pigs were used to perform hepatectomy. An opening for needle device insertion was established in the abdominal wall where the triangle formation for the target organ was ensured. Gastrectomy: Partial gastrectomy including D1 dissection was performed. A 10-mm diameter auto cutter was inserted via the transanal route. Hepatectomy: A 3-mm bipolar device for incision was manufactured originally to perform lateral segmentectomy. End-catch I was used to transanally remove both the stomach and the liver. Results: The needle device allowed the establishment of the complete triangular formation, which constantly permitted the conduct of surgery under a good field of vision. Furthermore, a retroperitoneal incision for lymph node dissection could be performed easily by electrocoagulation with the tip of the 3-mm diameter forceps. Times required to perform proximal partial gastrectomy and hepatectomy were 121 minutes and 96 minutes, respectively. Furthermore, volumes of bleeding during resection were ? 50 g and 71 g in gastrectomy and hepatectomy, respectively. Conclusions: MPS left no surgical scar in the abdominal wall when used via transabdominal route and was successfully verified to allow the completion of safe and efficacious surgical procedures under a good field of vision by ensuring the triangular formation that is indispensable for endoscopic surgery.
Session: Emerging Technology Poster
Program Number: ETP010
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