Hemostatic Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
The following information was presented at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, in May 2005 by Matthew H. Bui, Alberto Breda and Peter G. Schulam. Objective: Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy is technically challenging from the standpoint of hemostatic control, often requiring extensive manipulation and control of the renal vascular hilum. We evaluated the utility...
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The following information was presented at the 2005 European Respiratory Society Annual Congress by Franz Stanzel, Peter Raasch and Karl Haeussinger. Body: Airway recanalization in advanced cancers is one of the intervetional procedures of daily routine nowadays. Beside the Nd:YAG laser electrocoagulation and especially APC are widespread. Coagulation and hemostasis seem to be sometimes only...
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