Comparative study of adult tonsillectomy in two methods: harmonic scalpel and classical surgery [PDF]
The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2023 Background Tonsillectomy is a common surgery to treat tonsillitis. In addition to cold dissection methods, other new methods are also used for tonsillectomy which has several advantages.
Ali Bagherihagh +4 more
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Harmonic scalpel versus conventional hemorrhoidectomy
Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2019 Introduction In this study, harmonic scalpel hemorrhoidectomy was compared with the classical Milligan–Morgan hemorrhoidectomy regarding the outcome and the postoperative complication rates.
Hazem A Megahed
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Harmonic Scalpel versus Electrocautery Dissection in Modified Radical Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Despite the common use of conventional electrocautery in modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer, the harmonic scalpel is recently emerging as a dominant surgical instrument for dissection and haemostasis, which is thought to reduce the morbidity ...
Jinbo Huang +5 more
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Use of a Harmonic scalpel for laparoscopic adrenalectomy in two cats [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2023 Case series summary Adrenal tumors are rare in cats and reports of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in cats are limited. This case series describes two cats that underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy using a Harmonic scalpel for dissection and coagulation. Both
Rey M Zhang, J Brad Case
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Comparison of Harmonic scalpel and monopolar cautery for capsulectomy at the second stage of expander/implant breast reconstruction [PDF]
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2020 Background Capsular contracture is a common complication of two-stage expander/implant breast reconstruction. To minimize the risk of this complication, capsulectomy is performed using monopolar cautery or ultrasonic surgical instrumentation, the latter
Ki Jae Kim +5 more
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IMPACT OF THE HARMONIC SCALPEL HEMOSTASIS IN TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY IN COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUE [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2016 Traditional haemostatic technique in thyroidectomy may cause some damages to surrounding tissues and it is time consuming. It is believed that these damages and the time can be reduced using ultrasonic dissector devices like Harmonic Scalpel.
Sadq Ghaleb Kadem +1 more
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Parotidectomy using the Harmonic scalpel: ten years of experience at a rural academic health center [PDF]
Head & Face Medicine, 2017 Background Parotidectomy is one of the most commonly performed procedures by otorhinolaryngologists. Traditionally dissection is performed with a combination of a steel scalpel and bipolar cautery; however, starting in the early 2000s, the Harmonic ...
Marc A. Polacco +3 more
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Harmonic Scalpel vs Diathermy Tonsillectomy.
The Professional Medical Journal, 2023 Objective: To determine whether harmonic scalpel has any advantage over monopolar diathermy tonsillectomy or not in terms of blood loss, duration of surgery, pain scores and slough separation time. Study Design: Double Blind Cross Sectional study. Setting: Faisalabad Medical University and Affiliated Institutions.
Muhammad Zahid Rafiq Gill +3 more
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Comparison of the effect of ultrasounic-harmonic scalpel and electrocautery in the treatment of axillary lymph nodes during radical surgery for breast cancer [PDF]
World Journal of Surgical OncologyObjective To compare the efficacy of ultrasounic-harmonic scalpel and electrocautery in the treatment of axillary lymph nodes during radical surgery for breast cancer. Methods A prospective study was conducted in the Department of Breast Surgery, Zhongda
Yujia Tian +6 more
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Ibom Medical Journal, 2020 Context: The advent of surgical energy devices has brought innovations with their use in thyroid surgeries. Despite the widespread use of Harmonic scalpel for decades since its inception in developed countries, there is a paucity of its use in low ...
Agbonrofo PI, Irowa OO
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