Can LigaSure seal and divide the small bowel?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 791-793

  Salameh, Jihad R ^a   Schwartz, Jay H ^a   Hildebrandt, Drew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst pressure; Ligasure; Small intestine; Surgical stapler

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; INTESTINE PRESSURE; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STAPLER; SURGICAL STAPLING; SWINE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33646575940     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.05.045     Document Type: Article

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