TY  - JOUR
T1  - “intertransversalis” approach for laparoscopic urology: Surgical anatomy concerns—reply
AU  - Li G, Qian Y, Shi B
Y1  - 2012/10/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2012.2221
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 980
EP  - 982
VL  - 147
IS  - 10
N2  - 
We have read the letter by Dr Petros Mirilas concerning the intertransversalis fascia (TF) approach and appreciate his comments. However, we do not agree that the concept of a bilaminar TF is outdated. Although some scholars state that the TF is a single-layer structure,1 some other scholars,2- 3 including Petros Mirilas,4 have described the TF as a bilaminar structure. In our study,5 we observed the 2 layers of the TF not only in laparoscopic operations (see Figures 2-4 in Li et al5) but also in a histological examination (see Figure 6 in Li et al5). That is why we believe that the TF is a 2-layer structure.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.2221
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2012.2221
ER  -