The use of the hemostatic scalpel in operations upon the breast

Pilnik, S.; Steichen, F.

Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics 162(6): 589-591

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6087
PMID: 3715691
Document Number: 281634
Advantages of the hemostatic scalpel include: 1, decrease in blood loss from small vessels; 2, minimizes damage to the tissue as compared with other thermocoagulating instruments and, thus, improved healing of the wound; 3, eliminates muscle stimulation and, by maintaining a dry surgical field, shortens the operative procedure, and 4, may seal lymphatic vessels and, therefore, lower the incidence of local and regional metastases.

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