Endoscopic surgery through single-port incision: Time for a trial?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1709-1711

  Arezzo, Alberto ^a   Morino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 80051687811     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-1679-0     Document Type: Editorial

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