Blunt versus bladed trocars in laparoscopic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2312-2320

  Antoniou, Stavros A ^a,d   Antoniou, George A ^b   Koch, Oliver O ^c   Pointner, Rudolph ^c   Granderath, Frank A ^a  

^a Hospital Neuwerk   (Germany)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c General Public Hospital Zell am See   (Austria)

^d Souniou   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bladed; Blunt; Cutting; Laparoscopy; Radial; Trocar

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AGED; BLADED TROCAR; BLUNT TROCAR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JADAD SCORE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TROCAR; VISCERAL INJURY;

EID: 84884906865     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-2793-y     Document Type: Review

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