Laboratory Evaluation of Laparoscopic Vascular Clamps Using a Load-Cell Device-Are All Clamps the Same?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1267-1272

  Lee, Hak J ^a   Box, Geoffrey N ^a   Abraham, Jose Benito A ^a   Elchico, Erick R ^a   Panah, Reza Ali ^a   Taylor, Mike B ^a   Moskowitz, Ross ^a   Deane, Leslie A ^a   McDougall, Elspeth M ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; laparoscopy; nephrectomy; surgical instruments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIP; DEVICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC VASCULAR CLAMP; LOAD CELL DEVICE; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 50949090093     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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