Minimally invasive surgery: The pediatric surgery experience

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 542-544

  Firilas, Anthony M ^a   Jackson, Richard J ^a   Smith, Samuel D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONECTOMY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031923936     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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