Safe laparoscopy: Is it possible?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-288

  Jacobson, Tal Z ^a,b   Davis, Colin J ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIATHERMY; EDITORIAL; ENERGY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCALPEL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT FAILURE; YAG LASER; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16544375820     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000136493.72205.83     Document Type: Editorial

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