Use of operative laparoscopes in single-port surgery: The forgotten tool

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-120

  Khosla, Arjun ^a   Ponsky, Todd ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children; Operative laparoscope; pediatric; single port; single site

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650545346     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: 19983921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.72403     Document Type: Article

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