Complications of first entry: A prospective laparoscopy audit

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 327-334

  Richardson, Robert E ^a,c   Sutton, Christopher J G ^a,b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic complications; Laparoscopy; Pneumoperitoneum; Trocar; Veress needle

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AERATION; ARTICLE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEEDLE; OMENTUM; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033393689     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1999.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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