Transesophageal NOTES a critical analysis of relevant problems

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 252-256

  Grund, Karl E ^a   Lehmann, Thorsten G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

General surgery; NOTES; Study; Surgery; Thoracic surgery; Transesophageal

Indexed keywords

NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ACCESS;

ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 77957320600     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645706.2010.510670     Document Type: Review

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