Gas plasma treatment: A new approach to surgery?

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 427-460

  Stoffels, Eva ^a   Kieft, Ingrid E ^a   Sladek, Raymond E J ^a   Van Der Laan, Ewout P ^a   Slaaf, Dick W ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gas plasma; Plasma surgery; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CHARGE CARRIERS; GAS DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TISSUE;

GAS PLASMA TREATMENT; NONTHERMAL PLASMAS; SOLID STATE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL DAMAGE;

PLASMA THEORY;

ION;

DISINFECTION; ELECTRON; GAS PLASMA SURGERY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 12744262928     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v32.i56.20     Document Type: Review

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