Principles of Electrosurgery, Laser, and Argon Plasma Coagulation with Particular Regard to Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy: Principles and Practice, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 328-345

  Farin, G ^a   Grund, K E ^b  

^a Center for Medical Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Hemostasis and pathologic tissue ablation; High temperature in thermal tissue; High frequency surgical cutting; Monopolar coagulation instruments; Nd:YAG lasers in flexible endoscopy; Thermal carbonization tissue hydrocarbon partial oxidation compound; Thermal devitalization or irreversible biological tissue death; Thermal effects in biological tissues; Thermal vaporization and carbonized tissue combustion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889618317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444316902.ch26     Document Type: Chapter

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