Principles determining optical clarity in endoscopic surgery

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 440-444

  Flemming, E ^a,c   Bessell, J R ^b   Kunert, W ^a   Eibl, H ^a   Buess, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Sect for Minimally Invasive Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic vision; Endoscopy; Intra abdominal humidity; Intra abdominal temperature; Laparoscopy; Medical technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; HEATING; IMAGE DISPLAY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VISION;

EID: 0029850321     PISSN: 0961625X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709609153706     Document Type: Article

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