Comparison of harmonic scalpel and high-frequency electrocautery in radial artery harvesting

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-379

  Erkut, B ^a   Unlu, Y ^a   Karapolat, S ^a   Ugur Kocogullari, C ^a   Ceviz, M ^a   Becit, N ^a   Kocak, H ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Electrosurgery; Laser therapy; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTROCAUTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULTRASONIC ARTERY DISSECTION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISSECTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIAL ARTERY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 46749113815     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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