Endobronchial electrosurgery: Argon plasma coagulation and electrocautery

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-374

  Sheski, Francis D ^a   Mathur, Praveen N ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Electrocautery; Electrosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS PERFORATION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CAUTERIZATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIATHERMY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSURGERY; HEAT; HEMOSTASIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TISSUE INJURY; TRACHEA DISEASE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444223449     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832709     Document Type: Review

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