Ultrasonic shears in free-tissue transfer: Increased efficiency and cost savings

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-205

  Koch, Cody A ^a   Olsen, Steven M ^a   Martin, Eliot J ^a   Moore, Eric J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh free flap; Fibula free flap; Ultrasonic shears

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALPEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL RISK; ULTRASOUND SURGERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEAD; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 79959591150     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599810391846     Document Type: Article

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