Safer laparoscopic trocar entry: It's all about pressure

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-350

  Tsaltas, Jim ^a   Pearce, Scott ^a,b   Lawrence, Anthony ^a   Meads, Alan ^a   Mezzatesta, Joseph ^a   Nicolson, Scott ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal entry; Insufflation; Laparoscopy; Major complications; Veress needle

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AERATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NEEDLE; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TROCAR;

ABDOMEN; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 4444381911     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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