Comparison of experimental nerve injury caused by ultrasonically activated scalpel and electrosurgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 772-777

  Carlander, J ^a   Johansson, K ^b   Lindstrom S ^c   Velin, A K ^c   Jiang, C H ^c   Nordborg, C ^d  

^a Centrallasarettet   (Sweden)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSURGERY; HEAT INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAFETY; SCALPEL; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; DISSECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSURGERY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 20844451156     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4948     Document Type: Article

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