Role of ultrasonically activated scalpel in hepatic resection: A comparison with conventional blunt dissection

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 173-175

  Sugo, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Matsumoto, Koji ^a   Kojima, Kuniaki ^a   Fukasawa, Masaki ^a   Beppu, Tomoe ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Ultrasonically activated scalpel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLUNT DISSECTION; CLAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSHING STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONICALLY ACTIVATED SCALPEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 14144252720     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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