A novel magnetic anchoring and guidance system to facilitate single trocar laparoscopic nephrectomy

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-64

  Zeltser, Ilia S ^b   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; CAUTERIZATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; REVIEW; SCAR; TROCAR;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY;

EID: 38349053342     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-008-0012-5     Document Type: Review

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