Sealing the thoracic duct with ultrasonic coagulating shears

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 64, 2005, Pages 1053-1056

  Kajiyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Iwanuma, Yoshimi ^a   Tomita, Natsumi ^a   Amano, Takayuki ^a   Hattori, Kimiaki ^a   Tsurumaru, Masahiko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bursting pressure; Endosurgery; Lymph node dissection; Thoracic duct; Ultrasonic coagulating shears

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT GASTRIC ARTERY; LIGATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC DUCT; ULTRASONIC COAGULATING SHEARS; ULTRASOUND;

ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; STOMACH; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC DUCT; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 21744448001     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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