Laparoscopic appraisal of the anatomic relationship of the umbilicus to the aortic bifurcation

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-140

  Nezhat, Farr ^a,b   Brill, Andrew I ^c   Nezhat, Ceana H ^a,b   Nezhat, Azadeh ^c   Seidman, Daniel S ^a   Nezhat, Camran ^a,b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Special Pelvic Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANNULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0031750432     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(98)80079-0     Document Type: Article

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