“…In addition, numerous variations of the basic techniques and a variety of Veress needles and trocar/cannulae systems enjoy various degrees of popularity in accordance with local teaching and personal experience, expertise, comfort, and bias. Most gynecologists, worldwide, practise the closed entry technique [4,5,[13][14][15][16][17] while the open (Hasson) method is favored mostly by general surgeons. At present, there is no evidence that the closed laparoscopic entry technique is more or less dangerous than the other available methods [4-6, 8, 18-21].…”