IMPROVED LAPAROSCOPIC OPERATING TECHNIQUES USING A DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT VIDEO SYSTEM

We conducted a prospective, randomized trial in a piglet model to asse ss the advantages of a digital enhancement video system during difficu lt endoscopic procedures, Laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy was perf ormed with either conventional tno-dimensional or digitally enhanced v ideoendoscopy. With equal amounts of extirpated lymph nodes, the opera tions performed with digitally enhanced videoendoscopy were significan tly shorter (left lymphadenectomy p = 0.0001, right lymphadenectomy p = 0.001), had less blood loss and fewer ia Ise movements, and were ass ociated with no complications, compared with chose performed with a tw o-dimensional videosystem. Thus the accuracy of difficult laparoscopic techniques can be improved by three-dimensional visual perception.