Laparoscopic hepatic cryotherapy: A study of safety in rabbits

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-31

  McCall, J L ^b   Jorgensen, J O ^b   Morris, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gas embolism; Hepatic cryotherapy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; GAS EMBOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SAFETY;

ANIMALS; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RABBITS;

EID: 0030065659     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199602000-00007     Document Type: Article

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