Effect of pneumoperitoneal pressure on tumor dissemination and tumor recurrence at port-site and midline incisions

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 369-373

  Yamaguchi, Takuyu ^a  

^a Departments of Colorectal Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; EQUIPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HAMSTER; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MESOCRICETUS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL; PRESSURE;

EID: 0035319415     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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