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Generally, in most surgical procedures it is required to make incisions, and sometime to remove defective tissues (e.g. gall bladder removal). Thus, it is essential to perform accurate ligation of bleeding points, and re-approximate any incisions made during a surgical dissection, in order to complete the surgical procedure [75]. In laparoscopy, the tissue reapproximation and ligation is achieved primarily by different techniques of suturing (e.g. single stitches, or multi-running stitches), and knotting (e.g. square knots, or slip knots) [75] [85]. In some cases special tools such as staplers, clips, and ring applicators are used [21] [80].
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i.e. especially designed graspers for mar: ulation of the needle and suture
These tasks take between 3.5 to 6 minutes to be performed for each single stitch.
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Faraz, A., Payandeh, S. (2000). Automated Devices. In: Engineering Approaches to Mechanical and Robotic Design for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 545. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4409-8_4
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