Easy harvesting of radial artery with ultrasonically activated scalpel

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 984-985

  Posacioǧlu, Hakan ^a   Atay, Yüksel ^a   Çetindaǧ, Bülent ^a   Sanbülbül, Osman ^a   Buket, Suat ^a   Hamulu, Ahmet ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCALPEL; ULTRASOUND;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DILTIAZEM; DISSECTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREARM; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PAPAVERINE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; RADIAL ARTERY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031945951     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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