Monopolar Electrosurgery through Single-Port Laparoscopy: A Potential Hidden Hazard for Bowel Burns

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 734-740

  Abu Rafea, Basim ^a,b   Vilos, George A ^a   Al Obeed, Omar ^b   AlSheikh, Abdulmalik ^b   Vilos, Angelos G ^a,b   Al Mandeel, Hazem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Active electrode monitoring; Bowel burn; Capacitive coupling; Laparoscopy; Monopolar electrosurgery; Single port laparoscopy; Thermal burns

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOWEL BURN; DEVICE; DOG; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSURGERY; GENERATOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MONOPOLAR ELECTROSURGERY; MONOPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SHEEP; SIMULATION; SINGLE PORT LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; DOGS; ELECTROSURGERY; INTESTINES; LAPAROSCOPY; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 80054926253     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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