Development of a 23.5 kHz ultrasonically activated device for laparoscopic surgery

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-319

  Kanehira, E ^a   Omura, K ^a   Kinoshita, T ^a   Sasaki, M ^b   Watanabe, T ^b   Kawakami, K ^a   Watanabe, Y ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic surgery; Tissue dissection; Ultrasonically activated device; Vessel coagulation; Vessel dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTESTINE PRESSURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STAPLER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SWINE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031760495     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645709809152874     Document Type: Article

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