Totally endoscopic subxiphoid pericardioscopy: Early steps with a new surgical tool

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 444-446

  Manca, Giuseppe ^a   Codecasa, Riccardo ^a   Valeri, Andrea ^a   Braconi, Lucio ^a   Giunti, Gabriele ^a   Tedone, Alessandro ^a   Perna, Avio Maria ^a   Stefàno, Pierluigi ^a   Gensini, Gianfranco ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic procedures; Pericardium; Surgical instruments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; STERNUM;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; XIPHOID BONE;

EID: 65249104855     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-9877-0     Document Type: Article

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