Minimal access surgery in children - 5 Years institutional experience

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 121-128

  Oak, S N ^a   Parelkar, S V ^a   Akhtar, T ^a   Joshi, M ^a   Pathak, R ^a   Viswanath, N ^a   Satish Kumar V, K ^a   Ravikiran, K ^a   Manjunath, L ^a   Ahmed, A ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Minimal access surgery; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144473019     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.18996     Document Type: Article

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