Morphologic analysis of water-cooled bipolar radiofrequency lesions on egg white in vitro

Korean Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 151-154

  Kang, Sang Soo ^a   Park, Jung Chan ^a   Yoon, Young Jun ^a   Shin, Keun Man ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Egg white; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CANNULA; COOLING; DIGITAL IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEEDLE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84866937940     PISSN: 20059159     EISSN: 20930569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2012.25.3.151     Document Type: Article

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