Use of a surgical helmet system to minimize splash injury during percutaneous renal surgery in high-risk patients

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2655-2656

  Eandi, Jonathan A ^a   Nanigian, Dana K ^a   Smith, William H ^a   Low, Roger K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPLASH INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETEROSCOPY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND INFECTION;

HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; RISK; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58149127322     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0323     Document Type: Article

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