Fixity of ports to the abdominal wall during laparoscopic surgery: A randomized comparison of cutting versus blunt trocars

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 965-969

  Hamade, A M ^a   Issa, M E ^a   Haylett, K R ^a   Ammori, B J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to peritoneum; Laparoscopy; Trocar dislodgement; Trocar port

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TROCAR; CUTTING TROCAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TROCAR;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 34447313434     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9142-3     Document Type: Article

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