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New Cavitron system (CUSA/CEM): its application for kidney surgery
J Muraki1, J C Addonizio, E Lastarria
1Department of Urology, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
Urology
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
A new Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator system (CUSA/CEM), which contains electrocautery function at the hand piece, was used for partial nephrectomies in dogs without clamping the renal artery. The advantages of this new device (CUSA/CEM) over the original CUSA are: (1) it enabled more precise resection of the tissue in a dry field, (2) shorter operating time, and eventually (3) helpful for reduction of blood loss. The microscopic examination of the resected kidney revealed minimal reaction and damage to the adjacent kidney tissue as compared with the effect by electrocautery or microwave tissue coagulator.