Articulating ultrasonically activated scalpel for laparoscopic surgery
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Usefullness of the ultrasonically activated scalpel in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: our experience and review of literature.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) actually represents the most used and proper treatment for gallbladder lithiasis, because its many and known advantages in comparison with 'open' abdominal surgery. But there are some problems during and after LC due to the use of the electric scalpel and these have brought to the search of an alternative system of dissection and coagulation. The ultrasonically...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Life Support Engineering
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1341-9455,1884-5827
DOI: 10.5136/lifesupport.16.supplement_239