Laparoscopic knot security

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-146

  Sedlack, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Williams, Vernon Mark ^a   DeSimone, Jeffrey ^a   Page, Dean ^a   Ghosh, Bimal C ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Knot; Laparoscopy; Security; Suture; Tension

Indexed keywords

DACRON; POLITEF; POLYGLACTIN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 0029867666     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199604000-00011     Document Type: Article

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