Combination instruments: A report on 95 transanal endoscopic microsurgical operations

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-87

  Guerrieri, M ^a,b   Paganini, A M ^a   Feliciotti, F ^a   Lezoche, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combination instrument; Multifunctional instrument; Rectal tumours; Transanal endoscopic microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM DISEASE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032935296     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709909153139     Document Type: Article

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