Microbiological contamination during transgastric and transvaginal endoscopic techniques

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-469

  Lomanto, Davide ^a   Chua, Henry C ^a   Myat, Moe M ^a   So, Jimmy ^a   Shabbir, Asim ^a   Ho, Lawrence ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABSCESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SAMPLING; SEPSIS; SWINE; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLPOTOMY; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARIECTOMY; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWINE;

EID: 69249120467     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2009.0007     Document Type: Article

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