Incisions do not simply sum

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1746-1751

  Blinman, Thane ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Morbidity; Pain; Tension; Trocar; Wound

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL WOUND; TENSION; TROCAR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; INJURY; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WOUND HEALING;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955664195     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0854-z     Document Type: Article

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