Teres lift-up technique: a retrospective comparative study for an alternative route for laparoscopic entry in gynecologic and oncologic surgery.

Objective: Laparoscopic surgery is the favored method for the surgical treatment of gynecologic diseases and malignancies. We have defined an anatomic landmark-based, easy-to-perform, and an alternative way of open laparoscopic entry technique named the ligamentum teres lift-up technique (TLU) that can be used in obese or normal-weight women to tackle the risks of the closed laparoscopic entry technique, namely, Veress needle entry (VNE).

Study Design: In this retrospective comparative study, the participants were equally distributed to either the TLU group (n = 36) or the VNE group (n = 36) in a 1:1 ratio.