Gripping the difficult gall bladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1115-1118

  Patkin, Michael ^a,b   Watson, David I ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gall bladder; Grasping; Heuristics; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FORCEPS; HUMAN; NEEDLE; SUCTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 57349121256     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04762.x     Document Type: Article

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