The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 365-370 , May 2010

Tensile Strength of Surgical Knots Performed with the da Vinci Surgical Robot

  • Pétur Reynisson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund University Hospital and Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Pétur Reynisson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Ebi Shokri, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Tetra Pak Development & Engineering, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Pär-Ola Bendahl, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jan Persson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund University Hospital and Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Received 2 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 January 2010.

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 The authors have no commercial, proprietary, or financial interest in the products or companies described in this article.

PII: S1553-4650(10)00007-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.01.005

The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 365-370 , May 2010

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