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What is a trocar?

What is a trocar? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids.
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Mr Dun says that, should the trocar fail to extract it, it must be drawn to the surface by a small syringe made for the purpose.
If puncture with the trocar or aspiration be practised, shall all the fluid be withdrawn at once?
The trigger is not fired until the exact anatomical position of the trocar tip is known.
The volume of gas insufflated does not represent a decision step for the introduction of the trocar.
The incision is made in the same place that the trocar is inserted for puncturing that organ in cases of hoven.
Following his progress on a fluoroscope monitor, he slowly advanced the trocar until it reached the edge of the disk above the ruptured one.

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