Can instrument contamination lead to tumor implantation?

Surgery. 2002 Mar;131(3):362. doi: 10.1067/msy.2002.121539.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Aged
  • Cholecystectomy*
  • Female
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Pneumoperitoneum
  • Umbilicus*