Resumen

CARRASCO MOLINA, Miguel Ángel; GALBAN PEREZ, Andrés; CONDE CASTEL, Luis  y  RODRIGUEZ-LOECHES, Juan. Fijador con soporte y modificación de la valva de Balfour. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1998, vol.37, n.2, pp.110-115. ISSN 0034-7493.

A surgical implement which fixes Balfour's valva to the upper hemiabdomen is described and shown for its using in other surgery. It is made up of a fixator, a bracket and the modification of Balfour's valva and it exhibits advantages such as: a better guaranteed surgical technique, improvement of surgical field and elimination of one assistant at surgery. This separator was devised to be used in the upper hemiabdomen but it may be employed in other abdomen sections. The proposed implement has been used in 30 patients with satisfactory outcome and accepted by all surgeons. A complication related to intercostal neuritis affected a patient who was operated from colon splenial curvature neoplasm. We consider that the advantages of this implement allows it to be extended to other hospitals in the country

Palabras clave : SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ABDOMEN [surgery].