A prospective evaluation of ultrasonic dissector plus harmonic scalpel in liver resection

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-260

  Arru, Marcella ^a,b   Pulitanò, Carlo ^a   Aldrighetti, Luca ^a   Catena, Marco ^a   Finazzi, Renato ^a   Ferla, Gianfranco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC DISSECTOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34147146445     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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