Novel hemostatic devices in thyroid surgery: Electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system and harmonic scalpel

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-466

  Maouras, Andreas ^a   Markogiannakis, Haridimos E ^b   Kekis, Pabagiotis B ^a   Lagoudianakis, Emanuel E ^a   Fleming, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cautery; Clips; Coagulants; Dissection; Electrocoagulation; Electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system; Harmonic scalpel; Hematoma; Hemorrhage; Hemostatic techniques; Hemostatics; Ligation; Thyroid gland surgery; Tissue adhesive

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT; SEALANT; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; DIATHERMY; ELECTROTHERMAL BIPOLAR VESSEL SEALING SYSTEM; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SCALPEL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; BLEEDING; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SUTURE; THYROID GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DIATHERMY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; LIGATION; PRESSURE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 58149121020     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.4.447     Document Type: Review

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