title: The use of the hemostatic scalpel in operations upon the breast.
abstract: Advantages of the hemostatic scalpel include: 1, decrease in blood loss from small vessels; 2, minimizes damage to the tissue as compared with other thermocoagulating instruments and, thus, improved healing of the wound; 3, eliminates muscle stimulation and, by maintaining a dry surgical field, shortens the operative procedure, and 4, may seal lymphatic vessels and, therefore, lower the incidence of local and regional metastases.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D013525:Surgical Instruments