Unnoticed glove perforation during thoracoscopic and open thoracic surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1078-1080

  Kojima, Yuko ^a   Ohashi, Masahiko ^a  

^a Suwa Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 23944448100     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.063     Document Type: Article

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