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The instrumentation is very useful in those situations.
Additionally, surgeons have the option of using soft-tissue retractors through
trocars to move anatomy out of their line of sight. They insert the retractor
through a 5mm port, anchor one of its articulating clips to the intra-abdominal
wall, place its stainless steel bar under the soft tissue that needs to be moved
and fasten the device's second clip to the peritoneal wall.
5. Improved insufflation
For the most part, maintaining adequate insufflation is no longer a major issue
for laparoscopic surgical teams. But CO
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leakage can still occur around trocars,
for example, during procedures involving the removal of anatomy through ports
that often get slightly bigger during the process. Trocar systems designed to sus-
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