A comparative study of Foley catheter and suturing to control trocar-induced abdominal wall haemorrhage

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-32

  Aharoni, Ariel ^a,b   Condea, Alexander ^a   Leibovitz, Zvi ^a   Paz, Baram ^a   Levitan, Zohar ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epigastric artery; Foley catheter; Laparoscopy; Suturing; Trocar; Vessel injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE;

EID: 0030942494     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1997.680474.x     Document Type: Article

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