Major vascular injury as a complication of laparoscopic surgery: A report of three cases and review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 377-379

  Geers, Jon ^a   Holden, Charles ^a  

^a MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEEDLE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIC PAIN; PUNCTURES;

EID: 0029942576     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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