A novel liver retractor for reduced or single-port laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 331-335

  Gan, Philip ^a  

^a St John of God Healthcare and Southwest Healthcare   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic; Liver retraction; Novel; Suction; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAPHRAGM; ECCHYMOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL SHEEP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAPAROSCOPIC RETRACTOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RETRACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCED PORT LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; SINGLE PORT LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; SUCTION; VACUUM;

ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; SHEEP; SUCTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84892990881     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-013-3178-y     Document Type: Article

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