The 2-mm trocar: A safe and effective way of closing trocar sites using existing equipment

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-336

  Reardon, Patrick R ^a,b   McKinney, Gerald ^a   Craig, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; DEVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPY; NEEDLE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TROCAR;

EID: 0037330165     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01759-3     Document Type: Article

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