Is bipolar thermofusion an acceptable option for unseparated interlobar fissure division in pulmonary lobectomy?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-31

  Sakuragi, Tohru ^a   Takeda, Yuji ^a   Teishikata, Takashi ^a   Sakoda, Kyoka ^a   Morita, Shigeki ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BiClamp ; Ecosurgery; Lobectomy; Lung; SOFT COAG

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR THERMOFUSION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPLER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNSEPARATED INTERLOBAR FISSURE DIVISION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

BICLAMP®; ECOSURGERY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG; SOFT COAG;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STAPLERS; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879471034     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt113     Document Type: Article

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