Coblation technology for surgical wound debridement: Principle, experimental data, and technical data

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-292

  Trial, Chloé ^a   Brancati, Antonio ^a   Marnet, Olivier ^a   Téot, Luc ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

bipolar radio frequency plasma; debridement; electrochemical debridement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; COBLATION DEBRIDEMENT TECHNOLOGY; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSURGERY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL WOUND; TEMPERATURE; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE;

BURNS; CATHETER ABLATION; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG ULCER; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84870855272     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734612466871     Document Type: Article

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