Method and device for umbilicus protection during abdominal surgery
First Claim
1. A method for protecting an umbilicus during subcutaneous abdominal surgery comprising circum dissecting the umbilicus and enveloping the umbilical and the umbilical pedicle within an open ended vessel, which vessel has a distal end and a proximal end, proximate the distal end to thereby protect the umbilical and the umbilical pedicle during the subcutaneous surgery.
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Abstract
A device and method for umbilicus protection during abdominal surgery; and, especially plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery requiring umbilicoplasty and/or umbilicus transposition is provided. The device embodies an umbilicus shield, which envelops the umbilical pedicle during abdominal surgery. The device can include a tubular element, having a distal end and a proximal end, containing near its proximal end, means for releasabley retaining suture material from tacking stitches taken in the umbilicus to provide means for drawing the umbilical pedicle into the tubular element. The suture material is advantageously drawn through the tubular element by means of a suture shuttle which contains, proximate its distal end, means for releasabley retaining the suture material. The device facilitates umbilicoplasty and umbilicus transposition during abdominal surgery; prevents nicks or cuts during circum umbilicus dissection; prevents nicks, cuts, or amputation of the umbilicus during defattening; and, reduces the possibility of umbilical pedicle strangulation during rectus abdominis musculoaponeurotic plication. The method prevents such strangulation and assures proper positioning of the orifice and umbilicus during umbilicus transpositions.
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- 1. A method for protecting an umbilicus during subcutaneous abdominal surgery comprising circum dissecting the umbilicus and enveloping the umbilical and the umbilical pedicle within an open ended vessel, which vessel has a distal end and a proximal end, proximate the distal end to thereby protect the umbilical and the umbilical pedicle during the subcutaneous surgery.
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7. A method for protecting the umbilicus during abdominal surgery comprising the steps of:
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a. circum dissecting the umbilicus; b. securing at least a pair of tacking sutures to the superior and inferior point of the midline of the umbilicus; c. inserting a suture shuttle through a tubular element; d. attaching the suture material from the tacking sutures to notches contained in the distal end of the suture shuttle element; e. pulling the suture shuttle element through the tubular element while pushing the tubular element into the circum dissected incision to capture the umbilical pedicle interior the tubular element; f. tensioning the suture material to draw the umbilical pedicle within the tubular element; and
,g. attaching the suture material to the tubular element. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A method for protecting an umbilicus during subcutaneous abdominal surgery comprising circum dissecting the umbilicus and enveloping the umbilical and the umbilical pedicle within an open ended vessel during surgery wherein said enveloping is accomplished by drawing said umbilical pedicle interior said vessel by means of tacking sutures in said umbilicus.
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