New trends in head and neck surgery: A prospective evaluation of the Harmonic Scalpel®

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Salami, Angelo ^a   Dellepiane, Massimo ^a   Bavazzano, Maurizio ^a   Crippa, Barbara ^a   Mora, Francesco ^a   Mora, Renzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Harmonic scalpel; Head and neck surgery; Ultracision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAROTIDECTOMY; PHARYNGOLARYNGECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCALPEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PAROTID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 43549085042     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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