title: Medicotechnical basics of surgery using invasive ultrasonic energy.
abstract: Surgical techniques that use invasive ultrasonic energy for dissection and aspiration are a most advantageous extension of the methodological spectrum of conventional and endoscopic surgery. This article presents the technico-physical basics of the technology of ultrasonic surgery and the specific mechanisms underlying its effects on biologic tissue. A synopsis is given of the main fields of application of the ultrasonic aspirator in various surgical disciplines.
authors.affiliation: Berchtold GmbH & Co. Medizin Elektronik, Tuttlingen, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fritzsch
mesh_terms: D004210:Dissection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014465:Ultrasonics