Tissue thermal damage caused by bipolar forceps can be reduced with a combination of plastic and metal

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 936-939

  Remorgida, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Karl Storz GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal study; Bipolar coagulation; Thermal damage

Indexed keywords

METAL; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; METALS; PLASTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE;

EID: 0032111490     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900751     Document Type: Article

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