Comparison of ultrasonically activated scalpel versus conventional division for the pancreas in distal pancreatectomy

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-352

  Sugo, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Mikami, Youshi ^a   Matsumoto, Fumio ^a   Tsumura, Hidenori ^a   Watanabe, Yozo ^a   Futagawa, Shunji ^b  

^a Koshigaya Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distal pancreatectomy; Harmonic scalpel; Pancreatic fistula

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AMYLASES; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0035236230     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005340170007     Document Type: Article

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