Safety and efficacy of the electrothermal bipolar vessel sealer in trauma

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 564-566

  Hope, William W ^a   Burns, Justin M ^a   Newcomb, William L ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrosurgery; Electrothermal bipolar sealing devices; Ligasure ; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DUODENOSTOMY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HEMICOLECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SUTURE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67349114296     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.01.024     Document Type: Article

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