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. 2010 Jul-Sep;6(3):59–65. doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.68579

Table 4.

Risk factors for entry-related complications[2,26,27,29]

  • Surgical inexperience

  • Blunt instrument

  • Improper positioning of the patient

  • Patient inadequately relaxed

  • Failure to elevate the abdominal wall

  • Incorrect direction/angle of insertion of the trocar

  • Inadequate pneumoperitoneum

  • Failure to rotate the trocar during insertion

  • Forceful thrust

  • Inability to recognize anatomical landmarks

  • Extreme thinness

  • Skeletal deformity

  • Previous abdominal surgery

  • Adhesions

  • Multiple attempts

  • Long trocar

  • Small skin incisions