Is harmonic scalpel an effective tool for oesophagectomy?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-333

  Waraich, Naseem ^a   Ahmed, Javed ^a   Rashid, Farhan ^a   Mulvey, David ^a   Leeder, Paul ^a   Iftikhar, Syed Y ^a  

^a DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harmonic scalpel; Oesophagectomy; Perioperative blood loss and transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 68949162191     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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