Manual suturing quality at acceleration levels equivalent to spaceflight and a lunar base

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1065-1066

  Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^d   Doarn, Charles R ^a,b,c   Campbell, Mark R ^e   Barnes, Stephen L ^c   Broderick, Timothy J ^c  

^a Donetsk R and D Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics   (Ukraine)

^b Center for Surgical Innovation

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Regional Trauma Services   (Canada)

^e Paris Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Lunar exploration; Medical care; Microgravity; Surgery; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROGRAVITY; MOON; PHANTOM; SIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SURGEON; SUTURING METHOD; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ASTRONAUTS; HUMANS; HYPOGRAVITY; PHYSICIANS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 55249126162     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2359.2008     Document Type: Article

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