Kocher manoeuvre

Kocher manoeuvre is a surgical manoeuvre to expose structures in the retroperitoneum behind the duodenum and pancreas; for example, to control hemorrhage from the inferior vena cava or aorta, or to facilitate removal of a pancreatic tumour. It is named for the Nobel Prize–winning surgeon Emil Theodor Kocher.[1]

The peritoneum is incised at the right edge of the duodenum, and the duodenum and the head of pancreas are reflected to the opposite direction; that is, to the left.[2]

This is also the name of a manoeuvre used to reduce anterior shoulder dislocations by externally rotating the shoulder, before adducting and internally rotating it.

References

Troidl, Hans; McKneally, M. F.; Mulder, David S.; Wechsler, A. S.; McPeek, Bucknam; Spitzer, W. O. (2012). Surgical Research: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 40. ISBN 9781461218883. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
Niederle, B. (2012). Surgery of the Biliary Tract: Old Problems New Methods, Current Practice. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 128. ISBN 9789400982130. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

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[1] Troidl, Hans; McKneally, M. F.; Mulder, David S.; Wechsler, A. S.; McPeek, Bucknam; Spitzer, W. O. (2012). Surgical Research: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 40. ISBN 9781461218883. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[2] Niederle, B. (2012). Surgery of the Biliary Tract: Old Problems New Methods, Current Practice. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 128. ISBN 9789400982130. Retrieved 17 January 2018.