Principles of Physics in Surgery: The Laws of Mechanics and Vectors Physics for Surgeons-Part 2

Indian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 355-361

  Srivastava, Anurag ^a   Sood, Akshay ^a   Joy, Parijat S ^b   Mandal, Shubhyan ^a   Panwar, Rajesh ^a   Ravichandran, Suresh ^a   Sarangi, Sasmit ^a   Woodcock, John ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cautery; Laplace; Mechanics; Newton; Pascal; Suturing; Thermodynamics; Vectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650420023     PISSN: 09722068     EISSN: 09739793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-010-0155-8     Document Type: Review

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