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Veress Needle for Port-site Closure
6. Retract the Veress and the suture is automatically 9. Tighten the loop and retract the Veress along with the
retained inside. suture and tie the knot.

7. Insert the Veress from the other side of the defect

8. Entangle the suture in the loop of the Veress
Thus, the port-site is closed under vision and is a safe
procedure.

MATERiALS ANd METHodS
This is a retrospective study of 500 patients who under-
went different laparoscopic procedures at World Laparo-
scopic Hospital, Gurgaon, from 2006 to till date.

diSCuSSioN
Minimal access surgeries are the present and future
of surgical procedures and no surgery is complete
without port-site closure. There are a lot of methods
to close the port-site but no gold standard. This study is

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