Reported failures of the polymer self-locking (Hem-o-lok) clip: Review of data from the Food and Drug Administration

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1054-1057

  Meng, Maxwell V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

BLEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DEATH; DEVICE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33846157426     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.1054     Document Type: Review

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