Instrumental Mechanoreceptoric Palpation in Gastrointestinal Surgery

Background and Aims. Small gastric or colorectal tumours can be visually undetectable during laparoscopic surgeries, and available methods still do not provide a 100% localisation rate. Thus, new methods for further improvements in tumour localisation are highly desirable. In this study, we evaluate...

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Main Authors: Rozaliia F. Solodova, Vladimir V. Galatenko, Eldar R. Nakashidze, Sergey G. Shapovalyants, Igor L. Andreytsev, Mikhail E. Sokolov, Vladimir E. Podolskii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Minimally Invasive Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6481856