Electrosurgery: History, principles, and current and future uses

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 520-530

  Massarweh, Nader N ^a   Cosgriff, Ned ^a   Slakey, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Tulane Center for Abdominal Transplantation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BURN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROSURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROSURGERY; ENGLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644817025     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.11.017     Document Type: Review

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