An Electrical Plasma Surgery Tool for Device Replacement-Retrospective Evaluation of Complications and Economic Evaluation of Costs and Resource Use

Background Device replacements bear many potential risks for patients. Electrocautery should be used cautiously because of heating of the cautery tip which may lead to insulation melting. The PEAK PlasmaBlade™ (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) uses a novel technology to cut tissue. The objectiv...

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Published in:	Pacing and clinical electrophysiology Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 28 - 34
Main Authors:	KYPTA, ALEXANDER, BLESSBERGER, HERMANN, SALEH, KARIM, HÖNIG, SIMON, KAMMLER, JÜRGEN, NEESER, KURT, STEINWENDER, CLEMENS
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2015
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices Child Child, Preschool complication rate complication rates Cost-Benefit Analysis Device Removal - adverse effects Device Removal - economics Device Removal - instrumentation device replacement Electrosurgery - adverse effects Electrosurgery - economics Electrosurgery - instrumentation Equipment Design Female generator replacement Health Resources - utilization Humans Length of Stay Male Middle Aged PEAK PlasmaBlade procedure related costs Retrospective Studies surgery tool Young Adult generator replacement procedure related costs surgery tool complication rate complication rates PEAK PlasmaBlade device replacement
ISSN:	0147-8389, 1540-8159, 1540-8159
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