Comparing the Quality of the Suture Anastomosis and the Learning Curves Associated with Performing Open, Freehand, and Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty in a Swine Animal Model

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 576-586

  Passerotti, Carlo C ^a   Passerotti, Ana Maria A M S ^a   Dall'Oglio, Marcos F ^a,b   Leite, Katia R M ^b   Nunes, Ricardo L V ^b   Srougi, Miguel ^b   Retik, Alan B ^a   Nguyen, Hiep T ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEHAND LAPAROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPEN SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; SUTURE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION; URODYNAMICS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; URETER; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 62349083923     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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