'Needlescopic' (mini-laparoscopic) surgery: Necessary or unnecessary?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 628-629

  Mar Fan, Michael J ^a,b   Chan, Steven T F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Micro laparqscopyt; Mini laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Needlescopic surgery; Small diameter laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0031689370     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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