A Method for Endoscopic Inspection of the Bursa Omentalis

S. A. Charukhchyan

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1018338

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Endoscopy 1986; 18(3): 90-91
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018338

A Method for Endoscopic Inspection of the Bursa Omentalis

S.A. Charukhchyan

Department of Endoscopy, Oncological Research Centre Ministry of Health of the Georgian SSR, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR

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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

Hitherto there have been no methods of direct inspection of all the organs and tissues composing the bursa omentalis. A method for the endoscopic inspection of the bursa omentalis that is highly informative and applicable in the great majority of cases has been developed on 22 cadavers, and used on 6 patients. The technique is described and its possibilities are discussed.

Key words:

Endoscopy - Bursa omentalis - Gastrocolic ligament - Microlaparotomy incision