Umbilicus, navel, belly button-Vitruvian guide for esthetic cosmetics: A da Vinci code for beautiful informed consent

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 236-238

  Agarwal, Brij B ^a,b  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Dr Agarwal's Surgery and Yoga   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICUS;

EID: 74149094997     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0548-6     Document Type: Letter

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