Effect of the diameter of the endoscope and of surgeon training on the duration and quality of laparoscopic surgery in a rabbit model

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-452

  Molinas, Carlos Roger ^a,b   Cabral, César Ramón ^a   Koninckx, Philippe Robert ^a,b  

^a Centre for Surgical Technologies   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; RABBIT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0033511211     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(99)80009-7     Document Type: Article

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