摘要 |
Methods and devices are provided for performing gastrectomies and gastroplasties. In one embodiment, a method includes gaining access to a stomach of a patient through an opening formed in the patient's abdominal wall and an opening formed in the patient's vaginal wall. Tissue attached to the stomach can be tensioned using a surgical instrument inserted through one of the abdominal and vaginal openings and can be separated from the stomach to free the stomach fundus using a dissecting surgical instrument inserted through another opening, e.g., through one of the abdominal and vaginal openings. The fundus can be at least partially transected using a surgical stapler inserted through one of the abdominal and vaginal openings, thereby forming a stomach "sleeve." In another embodiment, the method is modified to form another opening in the patient's abdominal wall instead of forming an opening in the vaginal wall. |
申请人 |
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. |
发明人 |
HESS, CHRISTOPHER J.;MURRAY, MICHAEL A.;GILL, ROBERT P.;VOEGELE, JAMES WALDEN;WEISENBURGH, WILLIAM BRUCE, II;POWELL, DARRELL M.;MYERS, STEPHAN RAY;TRUSTY, ROBERT M. |