Investigation of the thermal tissue effects of the argon plasma coagulation modes "pulsed" and "precise" on the porcine esophagus, ex vivo and in vivo

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 362-368

  Kähler, Georg F ^a   Szyrach, Mara N I ^a   Hieronymus, Ansgar ^a   Grobholz, Rainer ^a   Enderle, Markus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPLANT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAT SENSITIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; ARGON; BURNS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; LASER COAGULATION; SWINE;

EID: 67651092108     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.11.050     Document Type: Article

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