The safety of laparoscopy performed by direct trocar insertion and carbon dioxide inslufflation under vision

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 216-219

  Woolcott, Robert ^a,b  

^a Newcastle Obstet Gynaecological S   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AERATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030964182     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02257.x     Document Type: Review

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