Intra-abdominal lesions could be missed by inadequate laparoscopy

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 824-826

  Hsu, Tzu Chi ^a,b,c  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PANCREAS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; INTESTINE ULCER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MUCOCELE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66449131736     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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