A comparison of operating room crowding between open and laparoscopic operations

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 916-919

  Alarcon, A ^a   Berguer, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human factors; Laparoscopy; Operating room design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CROWDING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; OPERATING ROOM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

CROWDING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030225629     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00188483     Document Type: Article

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