The effects of quantum energy surgical device and of bipolar coagulation: A comparative experimental study

Elmaci I., Kurtkaya O., Ercan F., Tuncer N., Bakirci N., San T., ...More

ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA, vol.144, no.4, pp.377-383, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 144 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s007010200053
  • Journal Name: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.377-383
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. The quantum energy surgical device (QESD) employs an innovative, "no-touch" thermal coagulation, incision and evaporation technique in which thermal energy is delivered to tissue in the format of high-energy neutral argon gas atoms. The aim of this study is to compare QESD and bipolar coagulation (BC) through assessment of both haemostasis and histological damage to isolated femoral arteries of rats.