ANTRUM TROCAR AND IRRIGATING CANULA

Canula for Intravenous Injections

Eye irrigating lenses.

Treatment of chemical bums requires rapid dilution of the chemical, decreasing eye exposure to the toxic material. Prolonged exposure to the chemicals can lead to decreased visual acuity, and even loss of the eye (Pfister, 1983). ffighly caustic compounds can be found in industry and agriculture, as well as at home (Duane, 1981). Alkalies are usually more damaging than acids, due to rapid penet...

Trocar site hernia.

OBJECTIVE To review the relationship between the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of trocar site hernias seeking to confirm the definition of trocar site hernias by classification. DATA SOURCES We searched this subject in English on MEDLINE by combining the words "trocar," "port," "hernia, and "laparoscopy."Data Extraction and STUDY SELECTION We limited the main operations to cholec...

Irrigating with Sugarbeet Professing Wastewater*

In recent years, irrigating agricultural land with wastewater has become a major wastewater management practice. Irrigation has replaced much of the discharge to streams and conventional primary and secondary waste treatment for food processing wastewater (4, 11, 12, 13). Irrigating agricultural land for treatment and disposal of the food processing wastewater is a good practice if the wastewat...

Patient Positioning, Instrumentation, and Trocar Placement

H.M. Ross et al. (eds.), Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and Rectal Disease: Technique and Best Practices, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-1581-1_2, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 Key Points • Position patients in a manner to pad all pressure points and maximize gravity’s effects, while avoiding nerve damage and undue traction. • Appropriate abdominal access should be based on pa...