METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING GASTROPLASTIES USING A MULTIPLE PORT ACCESS DEVICE
First Claim
1. A surgical method, comprising:
- positioning a housing having a plurality of sealing ports in an abdominal wall of a patient; and
transecting a greater curvature of a stomach of the patient from a lesser curvature of the stomach using a surgical instrument inserted through one of the plurality of sealing ports in the housing to form a gastric tube along the lesser curvature that drains into an antrum of the stomach.
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Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for performing gastroplasties. In one embodiment, a method of performing a gastroplasty includes gaining access to a stomach of a patient through an opening formed in the patient'"'"'s abdominal wall. A multiple port access device having two or more sealing ports through which surgical instruments can be inserted can be positioned in the abdominal opening. Various instruments can be inserted through the various sealing ports to perform certain steps, such as tensioning and cutting tissue, sizing and transecting the stomach, viewing the surgical site, etc. The methods and devices can be used to perform a Magenstrasse and Mill procedure in which only a portion of the stomach is transected.
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28 Claims
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1. A surgical method, comprising:
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positioning a housing having a plurality of sealing ports in an abdominal wall of a patient; and transecting a greater curvature of a stomach of the patient from a lesser curvature of the stomach using a surgical instrument inserted through one of the plurality of sealing ports in the housing to form a gastric tube along the lesser curvature that drains into an antrum of the stomach. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A surgical method, comprising:
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forming a first access hole in an abdominal wall of a patient by positioning a housing having a plurality of sealing ports therein in the abdominal wall; forming a second access hole in the abdominal wall by inserting a trocar through the abdominal wall; and transecting a portion of a stomach of the patient between an opening formed through posterior and anterior walls of the stomach and an angle of His of the stomach using a surgical instrument inserted through one of the housing and the trocar. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A surgical method, comprising:
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positioning a housing having a plurality of sealing ports in an abdominal wall of a patient to form an access hole through the abdominal wall; transorally inserting a sizing device into a stomach of the patient; using the sizing device to size a portion of the stomach to be transected; and transecting the portion of the stomach using a surgical stapler inserted through the abdominal wall through one of the plurality of sealing ports in the housing. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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