Comparative clinical study of port-closure techniques following laparoscopic surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-344

  Elashry, Osama M ^a   Nakada, Stephen Y ^b   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^c   Sherburne Figenshau, R ^d   McDougall, Elspeth M ^e   Dayman, Ralph V ^a  

^a Division of General Surgery   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETRACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029778842     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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