used to pick up and incise the posterior rectus sheath and the parietal peritoneum. The port is screwed into place with the polyglactin stay sutures fixed over its wings. DISCUSSIONThis simple technique of spooning the Langenbeck retractors over each other through the same split in the muscle fibres provides an avascular, relatively atraumatic technique for placement of the robotic camera port. The technique may be used for other laparoscopic procedures where a port needs to be placed through the rectus muscle.

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