Page 40 - Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery
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Mohammed Arifuzaman, Asna Samreen















































































                                           Fig. 1: Standard closure through skin wound
          performed on 100 patients, and all were subjected to  Skin Hooks
          laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The follow-up period was   Shah  reported the use of skin hooks at the edges of 10
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          from 4–32 months (mean 2 years). No port-site hernias   mm and 12 mm ports in laparoscopic upper and lower
          were reported during the follow-up period. Surgical  gastrointestinal surgeries. The skin hooks taut the edges
          wound infection was reported in 3 patients (3%).    of the skin wound, giving better visualization for suturing
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