LigaSureTM compared with ligatures and endoclips in experimental appendectomy: How safe is it?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-545

  Elemen, Levent ^a   Yazir, Yusufhan ^a   Tugay, Melih ^a   Akay, Alper ^a   Aydin, Seval ^b   Yanar, Karolin ^b   Ceylan, Süreyya ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Endoclips; LigaSure TM; Ligatures

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CECUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCLIP; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIGATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRENGTH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; HEMOSTASIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGATION; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APPENDECTOMY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIGATION; POLYGLACTIN 910; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955479809     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2557-x     Document Type: Article

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