Rationale and intended use for the Veress needle: A translation of the original descriptive article

Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-243

  Bridgewater, Franklin H G ^a,c   Mouton, Wolfgang G ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Translation; Veress needle

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NEEDLE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032825994     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199908000-00001     Document Type: Review

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