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Retrieval Bags

Excised tissue that is potentially septic, toxic, or cancerous must be removed from the body using techniques that prevent spread within the body cavity. In addition, tissue handling during dissection and amputation of this diseased tissue should also decrease local, hematogenous, and lymphatic spread. Retrieval bags are an excellent method to remove the excised tissue. Removal of the bagged contents usually requires a slight enlargement of a trocar site.

Pictured below are examples of two types of Endobags from Covidien that can be used to remove structures such as a gall bladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy, or a lung tumor being removed during a thoracoscopic-assisted procedure.

Above: The Endo Catch looks like and is used similar to a fisherman’s net.

Above: The Endobag is an alternative retrieval bag that is deployed within the body cavity. After the specimen is placed within the bag, it is removed while being grasped by the bag’s rim.

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