Original dissecting balloon for retroperitoneal laparoscopy: Cost-effective alternative to commercially available device

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 714-717

  Cestari, Andrea ^a,b   Guazzoni, Giorgio ^a   Naspro, Richard ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a   Riva, Matteo ^a   Zanoni, Matteo ^a   Rigatti, Lorenzo ^a   Buffi, Nicolò ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BALLOON; BALLOON DILATATION; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGE; TROCAR;

EID: 34548180285     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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