Laparoscopic Insertion of Various Shaped Trocars in a Porcine Model.

Conclusion: The bladed trocars have lower forces and deformations in their introduction, and should be those that cause less injury and are more suitable for first entry. Conical and pyramidal trocars with the same blade size showed similar force, deformation, time, and distance of exposed blade.
PMID: 31097906 [PubMed - in process]

Source: JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons - May 18, 2019 Category: Surgery Tags: JSLS Source Type: research