JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, vol.45, pp.63-65, 2004 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Aim In the last decade, ultrasonically activated scalpels (the Harmonic Scalpel, HS) have been developed and used for both open and endoscopic surgical procedures. The present study compares the deepness of lung tissue damage caused by HS and unipolar electrocautery (EC) in rats.