Research and development of a new RF-assisted device for bloodless rapid transection of the liver: Computational modeling and in vivo experiments

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Burdío, Fernando ^a   Berjano, Enrique J ^b   Navarro, Ana ^c   Burdío, José M ^d   Grande, Luis ^a   Gonzalez, Ana ^e   Cruz, Ignacio ^e   Güemes, Antonio ^c   Sousa, Ramón ^c   Subirá, Jorge ^c   Castiella, Tomás ^c   Poves, Ignasi ^a   Lequerica, Juan L ^f  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BLOOD LOSS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; COMPUTER MODELING; ELECTRICAL GRADIENTS; ELECTRICAL POWER; FINITE-ELEMENT METHODS; HOT POINTS; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; INTRA OPERATIVES; LIVER RESECTIONS; LIVER SURGERIES; NEW DEVICES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PLANS; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

LIVER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER SURGERY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER RESECTION; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEPATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 65449171184     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-8-6     Document Type: Article

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