Abstract: Surgical apparatus for providing extracorporeal pneumoperitoneum. One embodiment provides a reversely turned fluid and gas impermeable fingerless sleeve (14) with a quick connect and disconnect assembly around the cuff of the sleeve (14) for sealing around an abdominal incision to allow hand-assisted minimally invasive surgery under conditions of pneumoperitoneum. A dome shaped enclosure (62) is provided for use with the quick connect and disconnect assembly to seal around an abdominal incision and maintain pneumoperitoneum during interruptions in a surgical procedure. Another embodiment incorporates a fingerless sleeve (14) which is adhesively secured directly to a patient's skin around an incision. The sleeve is applied over a pre-gloved surgeon's hand, and an outer surgical glove (18) is applied over the sleeve (14) in the region where the fingers and thumb protrude before the sleeve (14) is reversely turned on itself for connection to a patient.

Abstract: Surgical apparatus for providing extracorporeal pneumoperitoneum. One embodiment provides a fluid and gas impremeable fingerless glove with a quick connect and disconnect assembly around the cuff of the glove which seals around an abdominal incision to allow hand-assisted minimally invasive surgery under conditions of pneumoperitoneum. Another embodiment provides a dome-shaped enclosure with the quick connect and disconnect assembly which seals around an abdominal incision to maintain pneumoperitoneum during interruptions in a surgical procedure.