Study published in a Scandinavian journal noted that the blind Veress technique requires 214-300 seconds for abdominal
cavity access. The access time was considerably shorter in our study (median 93 seconds)8 compared to other studies (240-300 seconds) were open access has been used.8-10 Borgotta reported 130 sec time for closed pneumoparitoneum.11 Byron et al also reported significantly longer time insertion in VN group (5.9 2.2 min).12 The time used for creation of pneumoperitoneum with VN was 5 minutes, by open method 8 minutes and by new technique only one minute and 30 seconds.13