title: Hemostasis by means of a cautery knife equipped with an air spray for burns over a large area.
abstract: In operations in which debridement is performed over a large area (e.g., surgery for whole-body burns), it is necessary to keep the length of the operation short and the amount of blood loss as small as possible to minimize stress to the patient's body. In this study, we developed a cautery knife to which an air spray is attached for surgical procedures in which debridement is performed as treatment for burns over a large area. We have demonstrated herein that this device is very effective for reducing both blood loss and the duration of surgery as well as for simplifying the achievement of hemostasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, 422 Tsubukuhonmachi, Kurume City, Fukuoka 830 8543, Japan. nmitsu@air.linkclub.or.jp
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsukawa
authors.forename: Kaneshige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosaka
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002425:Cautery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003646:Debridement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013523:Surgical Equipment