Pressure sore and digital neuropraxia of the thumb in laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 178-179

  Verma, Ganga Ram ^a,b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DIGITAL NEUROPRAXIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; THUMB INJURY;

EID: 3042767839     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000129385.74856.d1     Document Type: Article

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