Thyroid surgery with a harmonic scalpel: an experimental study [PDF]
Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 2016 Didier Dequanter,1 Martin Lammens,2 Nathalie Nagy,1 Mohammad Shahla,1 Yasmine Deniz,1 Christine Aubert,1 Youri Vanhemelrijck,1 Philippe Lothaire,1 1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charleroi, Charleroi, 2Department of
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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.
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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.
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Short- and mid-term clinical outcomes of harmonic scalpel-assisted no-touch technique of the saphenous vein grafts harvesting in coronary bypass grafting. [PDF]
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Nigerian Journal of Surgery, 2017 Context: Oncosurgery is an emerging branch with the set goals of prolonging the life and ensuring the best possible quality of life to the surviving patient.
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