Visualization of the epigastric vessels and bladder before laparoscopic trocar placement

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 209-212

  Hurd, William W ^a   Amesse, Lawrence S ^a   Gruber, Jack S ^a   Horowitz, Gary M ^a   Cha, Grace M ^b   Hurteau, Jean A ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bladder; Blood vessels; Intraoperative complications; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SKIN COLOR; TROCAR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

EID: 0038045074     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00555-7     Document Type: Article

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