The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 48-52, January 2008

Thyroid surgery: comparison between the electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system, harmonic scalpel, and classic suture ligation

Endocrine Surgery Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Hippokrateion Hospital, Athens, Greece

Received 13 November 2006; received in revised form 20 January 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(07)00832-X

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.01.037

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 48-52, January 2008