Expediting of laparoscopic rectal dissection using a hand-access device

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 927-929

  Lee, Sang W ^a,b   Sonoda, Toyooki ^a   Milsom, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Gelport; Hand access device; Hand assisted laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopic rectal dissection; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; PELVIS; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RECTUM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 34249899376     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0239-0     Document Type: Article

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