In hand-assisted surgery, the surgeon can insert a hand through the small incision via a special pressurized sleeve.
"HandPort(TM)" system allows surgeons the ability to insert a hand into the patient to gain a tactile sense during laparoscopic surgical procedures.
It has a great potential. Many surgical operations, from the simplest to the very complicated, are greatly facilitated by the introduction of the hand into the laparoscopic arena.
1. Restored tactile feedback. 2. Preserving the main idea of Minimal Access Surgery (MAS). 3. A mini-laparotomy hand Port incision. 4. Reduced conversion rate in total laparoscopy.
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There are general and specific limitations, awaiting multi centre prospective randomized trials in order to compare HALS in various major intra-abdominal procedures with the traditional open surgery.
1. Fatigue, 2. Possible impaired tactile feedback through a lengthy complex procedure and 3. Minor ergonomic restriction is due to the crowdness of the hand with the instruments.
1. Not wells accepted by patient and surgeons because there is already a mini laparotomy. 2. Cosmetically inferior than total laparoscopic surgery.