Neuroprotection due to irrigation during bipolar cautery

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-153

  Donzelli, Joseph ^a   Leonetti, John P ^a   Wurster, Robert D ^a   Lee, John M ^a   Young, M Rita I ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; GAIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAVAGE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033969380     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.126.2.149     Document Type: Article

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