Safety of a thermal vessel sealer on main pulmonary vessels

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-485

  Lacin, Tunc ^a   Batirel, Hasan Fevzi ^a   Ozer, Kursat ^b   Demirutku, Alper ^b   Ahiskali, Rengin ^c   Yuksel, Mustafa ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

LigaSure; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary vein; Vascular division

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FISHER EXACT TEST; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; SAFETY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; HEAT; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; LIGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33847322598     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.11.038     Document Type: Article

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