Comparison of ultrasonic scalpel versus argon-beam and conventional electrocautery for internal thoracic artery dissection

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-73

  Brose, S ^a   Fabricius, A M ^a   Falk, V ^a   Autschbach, R ^a   Weidenbach, H ^a   Mohr, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argon beam coagulator; CABG; Conventional electrocautery; Harmonic scalpel; Internal Thoracic artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISSECTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0036100281     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-26703     Document Type: Article

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