An easy technique for laparoscopic placement of seprafilm

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ortiz, Michael V ^a   Awad, Ziad T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Laparoscopy; Seprafilm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGE; TROCAR;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOLUTIONS; SURGICAL TAPE; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 74949126690     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181b9302d     Document Type: Article

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