How to prevent lateral thermal damage to tissue using the harmonic scalpel: Experimental study on pig small intestine and abdominal wall

European Surgical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-240

  Pogorelic Z ^a   Perko, Z ^a   Druzijanic N ^a   Tomic S ^a   Mrklic I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Harmonic scalpel; Pig; Thermal injury; Ultra cvision

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HISTOLOGY; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMALS; BURNS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUS SCROFA; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 67649225092     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226219     Document Type: Article

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