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Difficulties in Urologic Laparoscopic Instrumentation

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Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery

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This chapter describes in details the nuances in use and maintainance of various laproscopic instruments. The finer details include those for retracting, dissecting instruments along with various energy sources.

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Al-Kandari, A., Gill, I.S. (2018). Difficulties in Urologic Laparoscopic Instrumentation. In: Al-Kandari, A., Ganpule, A., Azhar, R., Gill, I. (eds) Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52581-5_4

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