Efficacy and safety of the novel electrosurgical vessel sealing and cutting instrument BiCision®

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3334-3343

  Rothmund, Ralf ^a   Kraemer, Bernhard ^a   Neis, Felix ^a   Brucker, Sara ^a   Wallwiener, Markus ^a   Reda, Ali ^a   Hausch, Andrea ^b   Scharpf, Marcus ^c   Szyrach, Mara Natascha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Bipolar vessel sealing and cutting; Burst pressure; Seal failure; Thermal damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTROSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

EID: 84871622432     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2337-x     Document Type: Article

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