Advantages of the ultrasonic harmonic scalpel for radial artery harvesting

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-60

  Georghiou, Georgios P ^a,b   Stamler, Alon ^a   Berman, Marius ^a   Sharoni, Erez ^a   Vidne, Bernardo A ^a   Sahar, Gideon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CLIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY HARVESTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 18144369607     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230501300113     Document Type: Article

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