Gelatin sponge plug to seal fetoscopy port sites: Technique in ovine and primate models

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 995-996

  Luks, François I ^a   Deprest, Jan A ^b   Peers, Koen H E ^b   Steegers, Eric A P ^b   Van Der Wildt, Bas ^b  

^a Division of Paediatric Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amniorrhexis; Amniotic membranes; Endoscopic fetal surgery; Fetoscopy; Preterm premature rupture of membranes; Primate; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

AMNION; ANIMAL MODEL; CANNULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FETOSCOPY; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; LAPAROTOMY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPONGE;

EID: 0032741226     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70338-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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