Comparison of the depth of the desiccated zone with selected vaporizing-cutting electrodes: A basic study in animals

BJU International

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 754-758

  Ishikawa, N ^a   Goya, N ^a   Iguchi, Y ^a   Toda, F ^a   Nishino, S ^a   Ishijima, M ^a   Toma, H ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Electrovaporization; Prostate; Vaporizing cutting electrode

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRODE; GENERATOR; HEMOSTASIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WOUND; SWINE; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; VAPORIZER;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWINE;

EID: 0034037311     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2000.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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