Comparison of ultrasonically activated scalpel and traditional technique in radial artery harvesting: Clinical research

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-107

  Oz, Bilgehan Savas ^a   Mataraci, I ^a   Iyem, H ^a   Kuralay, E ^a   Doganci, S ^a   Demirkilic, U ^a   Yokusoglu, M ^a   Tatar, H ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Coronary bypass surgery; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLEN TEST; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAUTERIZATION; CLIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERFUSION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCALPEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RADIAL ARTERY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SPASM; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34547777933     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924504     Document Type: Article

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