Can general surgeons evaluate visceral slide with transabdominal ultrasound to predict safe sites for primary laparoscopic port placement? A prospective study of sonographically naïve operators at a tertiary center

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 804-809

  Minaker, Samuel ^a,b   MacPherson, Cailan ^a,b   Hayashi, Allen ^a,b  

^a Island Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bowel injury; Intra abdominal adhesions; Laparoscopic surgery; Patient safety; Surgical complications; Trocar injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; SURGEON; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; VISCERA; VISCERAL SLIDE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TISSUE ADHESIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGEONS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; VISCERA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929030294     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.12.020     Document Type: Article

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