Evaluation of Surgical Energy Devices for Vessel Sealing and Peripheral Energy Spread in a Porcine Model

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2689-2693

  Hruby, Gregory W ^a   Marruffo, Franzo C ^a   Durak, Evren ^a   Collins, Sean M ^a   Pierorazio, Phillip ^a   Humphrey, Peter A ^b   Mansukhani, Mahesh M ^a   Landman, Jaime ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

heat; hemostasis; laparoscopy; surgical instruments; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 35748971736     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.07.121     Document Type: Article

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