Cells are present in the smoke created during laparoscopic surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 993-995

  Champault, G ^a   Taffinder, N ^a,b   Ziol, M ^a   Riskalla, H ^a   Catheline, J M C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; CELLS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; SMOKE;

EID: 0030746690     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840724     Document Type: Article

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