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AVeressneedleorVeresneedleisaspring-loadedneedleusedtocreatepneumoperitoneumforlaparoscopicsurgery.Ofthethreegeneralapproachesto​ ...

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A Veress needle or Veres needle[1] is a spring-loaded needle used to create pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery. Of the three general approaches to laparoscopic access, the Veress needle technique is the oldest and most traditional.

The tool was first developed in 1932 by János Veres(s) (1903–1979), a Hungarian internist working with tuberculosis patients.[1][2] At the time, one of the mainstays of treatment was to collapse an infected lung and allow lesions to heal.[3] The needle was introduced as a safer technique to give patients such pneumothoraces. It was not until 1938, when he published his invention in the German literature, that the needle became more broadly known outside of Hungary.[4]

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