Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1. Pediatric subjects (\<21 years of age)
- 2. \> 20 kg in weight;
- 3. Capable and willing to provide parental Informed Consent and patient Assent;
- 4. Acceptable candidate for laparoscopic surgery;
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Active cutaneous infection or inflammation;
- 2. Pre-existing immunodeficiency disorder and/or chronic use of systemic steroids;
- 3. Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- 4. Known, significant history of bleeding diathesis, coagulopathy, von Willebrand's disease or current platelet count \< 100,000 cells/mm3, baseline INR(international normalized ratio) ≥1.8, or fibrinogen level less than 150 mg/dl (if received a fibrinolytic agent within prior 24 hours);
- 5. Severe co-existing morbidities having a life expectancy of less than 30 days;
- 6. Currently involved in any other investigational clinical Studies;
- 7. Significant anemia with a hemoglobin level less than 10 g/dL or a hematocrit less than 30%;
- 8. Females who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant within 3 months of the procedure, or lactating;
- 9. Extreme morbid obesity (BMI greater than 45 kg/m2)
- 10. Patients presenting with Ascites
Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A to 21 Years (CHILD, ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No