Major vascular injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: An institutional review of experience with 2589 procedures and literature review

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 960-962

  Usal, H ^a   Sayad, P ^a   Hayek, N ^a   Hallak, A ^a   Huie, F ^a   Ferzli, G ^a,b  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Laparoscopy; Major vascular injury; Trocar; Veress needle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032112124     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900756     Document Type: Review

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