Pulsed electron avalanche knife PlasmaBlade™

Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-22

  Jacobson, Mary T ^a  

^a Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrosurgery; Monopolar electrosurgery; Pulsed electron avalanche knife PlasmaBlade

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINOPLASTY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BREAST CANCER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CAUTERIZATION; DESICCATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASTECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SCALPEL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77951680127     PISSN: 17474108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eog.09.64     Document Type: Short Survey

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