[Use of ultrasonically activated scalpel for the paced patient--a case report].
A paced patient underwent mitral valve replacement for mitral stenosis using ultrasonically activated scalpel. There were minimum bleeding and no homologous blood transfusion was required. Ultrasonically activated scalpel fid not interfere the pulse generator nor the transesophageal echocardiography. Ultrasonically activated scalpel is useful for the open heart surgery in paced patients.
Minowa
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T
Second Department of Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Nagae
N
N
Saito
H
H
Watanabe
T
T
Oshikiri
N
N
Shimazaki
Y
Y
D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014465:Ultrasonics