An electrode array that minimizes blood loss for radiofrequency-assisted hepatic resection

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 454-459

  Schutt, D J ^a   O'Rourke, A P ^c   Will, J A ^d   Webster, J G ^b   Mahvi, D M ^c   Haemmerich, D ^a,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Blood loss; Coagulation; Electrode array; Liver; Radiofrequency; Resection

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COAGULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; LIVER; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BLOOD LOSS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; MICROWAVE ABLATION; RESECTION;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; LIVER RESECTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEPATECTOMY; LIVER; RADIO WAVES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949089948     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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