Performance of bipolar forceps during coagulation and its dependence on the tip material: A quantitative experimental assay. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-138

  Mikami, Takeshi ^a   Takahashi, Akira ^b   Hashi, Kazuo ^b   Gasa, Shinsei ^b   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bipolar forceps; Gold plated tip; Neurosurgical operation

Indexed keywords

GOLD; STEEL; TITANIUM;

ADHESION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR FORCEPS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BURN; CLEANING; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FORCEPS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRASONIC RINSING DEVICE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0346363145     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.1.0133     Document Type: Article

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