A comparison using the Nd-YAG laser, an ultrasonic surgical aspirator, or blunt dissection

The American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 368-373

  Tranberg, Karl Goran ^a   Rigotti, Paolo ^a   Brackett, Kim A ^a   Bjornson, H Stephen ^a   Fischer, Josef E ^a   Joffe, Stephen N ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER RESECTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASONIC SURGICAL ASPIRATOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASERS; LIVER; METHODS; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0022547471     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9610(86)90471-X     Document Type: Article

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