Laparoscopic specimen retrieval bag
Single-use polyurethane or nylon pouch on a deployable ring, introduced collapsed through a 10-12mm trocar, opened inside the abdomen to enclose the specimen, then withdrawn together with the trocar.
How it is used
Contained extraction of the specimen (kidney, tumour) in laparoscopic or robotic nephrectomy or nephroureterectomy, to avoid tumour seeding or spillage.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-15.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.