Quantitation of lung sealing in the survival swine model.

Author Department

Surgery

Document Type

Article, Peer-reviewed

Publication Date

3-1-2004

Abstract

PURPOSE: Small intercostal spaces and limited pleural space significantly limits the use of 12-mm stapling devices in pediatric thoracoscopic surgery. The goal of this study was to compare sealing of lung tissue by the 5-mm Ligasure (Valley Lab, Boulder,

Publication ISSN

0884-8734

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