Efficacy and cost effectiveness of harmonic scalpel compared with electrocautery in posterior instrumentation of the spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-54

  Cakir, Balkan ^a   Ulmar, Benjamin ^a   Schmidt, René ^a   Kelsch, Georg ^a   Geiger, Peter ^b   Mehrkens, Hans Hinrich ^b   Puhl, Wolfhart ^a   Richter, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Rehabilitationskrankenhaus Ulm ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Autologous blood; Harmonic scalpel; Spinal fusion; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32044441849     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0812-3     Document Type: Article

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