Inter- and intraindividual variabilities of perforation forces of human and pig bowel tissue

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1923-1926

  Heijnsdijk, E A M ^a,b   Van Der Voort, M ^b   De Visser, H ^a   Dankelman, J ^a   Gouma, D J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bowel tissue; Force; Laparoscopy; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CECUM; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; SAFETY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0346401554     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9002-3     Document Type: Article

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