New bipolar tissue ligator combines constant tissue compression and temperature guidance: histologic study and implications for treatment of hemorrhoids | Zendy

Gregory Piskun | Zendy; Robert D. Tucker | Zendy

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New bipolar tissue ligator combines constant tissue compression and temperature guidance: histologic study and implications for treatment of hemorrhoids

Author(s) -

Gregory Piskun,

Robert D. Tucker

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

medical devices evidence and research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482

H-Index - 30

ISSN - 1179-1470

DOI - 10.2147/mder.s34390

Subject(s) - submucosa , biomedical engineering , soft tissue , hemorrhoids , compression (physics) , medicine , surgery , materials science , composite material

Several minimally invasive technologies are available to treat common soft tissue lesions including symptomatic hemorrhoids. The use of energy to deliver heat and coagulate target lesions is commonly practiced. This study compares the histologic effects produced on intestinal tissues by two energy-based systems which employ different approaches of heat delivery.

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