Use of a new device for endoscopic suturing in the laparoscopic Burch procedure

G C Gunn; R P Cooper; N S Gordon; L Gagnon

doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80834-5

Use of a new device for endoscopic suturing in the laparoscopic Burch procedure

J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 1994 Nov;2(1):65-70. doi: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80834-5.

Authors

G C Gunn¹, R P Cooper, N S Gordon, L Gagnon

Affiliation

¹ Gynecologic Laparoscopic Services, St. Jude Hospital, Fullerton, California, USA.

PMID: 9050535
DOI: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80834-5

Abstract

An innovation in surgical instrumentation for performing endoscopic suturing was applied in 15 patients who underwent a laparoscopic approach to the traditional retropubic modified Burch procedure.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Endoscopes
Equipment Design
Female
Humans
Inguinal Canal
Laparoscopes*
Ligaments / surgery
Middle Aged
Needles
Suture Techniques / instrumentation*
Sutures
Urinary Incontinence, Stress / surgery*
Vagina / surgery