| 摘要 |
A laparoscopic surgical separating device (1) for creating a preperitoneal workspace, for use in preperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, comprising relatively rigid longitudinal element (2), a longitudinal axis (5), an interior wall (6) defining a throughbore (7), an inflatable element (8) fixedly attached to a point (9) along the length of an outer wall (10) of element (2), fluid insufflation means (11), connected to inflatable element (8), and to throughbore (7), and sealing means (12) capable of preventing fluid from escaping from element (2), wherein inflatable element (8) is of generally asymmetrical shape, having, on one side of said axis (5), a relatively large portion (13) of inflatable material, and on the other side of said axis (5) in the same plane, a relatively small portion (15) of inflatable material, the portions (13, 15) corresponding to the space available in the body after insertion and inflation of the device (1) via an incision (16) made at the antero-superior iliac crest (17).
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