Reducing the cost of laparoscopy: Reusable versus disposable laparoscopic instruments

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Manatakis, Dimitrios K ^a   Georgopoulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

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EID: 84929840573     PISSN: 20901445     EISSN: 20901453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/408171     Document Type: Article

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