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Inter- and intraindividual variabilities of perforation forces of human and pig bowel tissue.
Surgical endoscopy - 1 Dec 2003
Heijnsdijk E A M, van der Voort M, de Visser H, Dankelman J, Gouma D J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A laparoscopic bowel grasper should be suitable for safely grasping the bowel in a wide variety of patients. Therefore, the inter- and intraindividual variabilities in the strength of bowel tissue to resist perforation force should be analyzed. METHODS: The large and small bowels of pigs ( n = 14) and the human small bowel ( n = 7) were clamped between two hemispheres 1.5 mm in diameter. The pinch...
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