Diagnostic Laparoscopy

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-23

  Schwaitzberg, Steven D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendix; Cancer staging; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Microlaparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INJURY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ABDOMEN; BIOPSY; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PELVIS;

EID: 84993710085     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335060200900103     Document Type: Article

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