Circular stapler introducer: A novel device to facilitate stapled colorectal anastomosis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 746-748

  Guweidhi, Ahmed ^a   Steffen, Rudolf ^a   Metzger, Alejandro ^a   Teuscher, Jürg ^a   Flückiger, Petra ^a   Z'graggen, Kaspar ^a,b  

^a Berner Viszeralchirurgie   (Switzerland)

^b Klinik Beau Site   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR STAPLER INTRODUCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SAFETY; STAPLER; SURGEON; ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON TUMOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL STAPLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 66849138067     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819f5e0e     Document Type: Article

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