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HandXTM is a handheld, powered laparoscopic device with interchanging single-patient fully articulating instruments, that was recently introduced to the market. The HandXTM consists in a modular platform that could be used by the operating surgeon beside the patient’s bed. It is electromechanically controlled, and, as the manual interface is handled by the surgeon, the movements of the surgeon’s fingers are translated to the instrument-articulating tip. Previously it has been used either for tissue manipulation or suturing. This report is to show the feasibility and safety of this technology implemented with a monopolar dissecting hook in a complex abdominal procedure.