Application of the bipolar forceps with heat pipe technology (IsoCool™) in neurosurgery

Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 698-705

  Arakawa, Yoshiki ^a,b   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar coagulation; Bipolar forceps; Heat pipe technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FORCEPS; HEAT; INSTRUMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 28244436472     PISSN: 0917950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.14.698     Document Type: Article

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