Use of the ligasure vessel sealing system in laparoscopic adrenalectomy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 850-852

  Soon, Patsy S H ^a   Yeh, Michael W ^a   Sywak, Mark S ^a   Sidhu, Stan B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrothermal bipolar vessel sealer; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; LigaSure

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; DEVICE; DIATHERMY; ELECTROTHERMAL BIPOLAR VESSEL SEALER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIGATION; MALE; STAPLER; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747092434     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03881.x     Document Type: Article

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