Totally transumbilical endoscopic cholecystectomy without visible abdominal scar using improved instruments

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1781-1784

  Zhu, Jiang Fan ^a   Hu, Hai ^a   Ma, Ying Zhang ^a   Xu, Man Zhu ^a  

^a Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of Ministry of Education   (China)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Endoscopy; Surgery; Transumbilical; TUES

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SCAR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSUMBILICAL ENDOSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; TROCAR; CHOLELITHIASIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYP; SCAR; UMBILICUS;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; CICATRIX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; UMBILICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349760518     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0228-y     Document Type: Article

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