Exploring new technologies to facilitate laparoscopic surgery: Creating intestinal anastomoses without sutures or staples, using a radio-frequency- energy-driven bipolar fusion device

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2105-2109

  Smulders, J F ^a   De Hingh, I H J T ^a   Stavast, J ^b   Jackimowicz, J J ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experimental animal; Intestinal anastomosis; Laparoscopy; LigaSure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE WALL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTESTINES; LAPAROSCOPY; SUS SCROFA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35448947270     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9330-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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