Force required by laparoscopic trocar devices to penetrate the human female's anterior abdominal wall

Journal of Gynecologic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Baggish, Michael S ^a   Gandhi, Sandhya ^a   Kasper, Greg ^a  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MUSCLE FORCE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHASE SEPARATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TROCAR;

EID: 0037342890     PISSN: 10424067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104240603763487113     Document Type: Article

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