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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
In this preliminary study a flexible bipolar microwave electrode, 1.8 mm in diameter, was designed to occlude the cystic duct in 18 rabbits. Thermal model tests were performed to evaluate the effect of the antenna and to master the coagulating condition. Through surgical cholecystostomy, the antenna was inserted into the proximal cystic duct for various coagulation treatments. Cholecystography showed that the cystic duct was occluded minutes to hours after coagulation. Histologically, the microwave technique induced a chronic inflammation and fibrosis which eventually obliterated the coagulated cystic duct permanently. In group A (30 mA for 20 s) the cystic duct epithelium regeneration occurred and surrounding liver damage was limited, while in groups B (50 mA for 10 s) and C (70 mA for 6 s) no epithelium regeneration was observed and injury to the liver was mild to moderate. It was found that microwaves generated at 50 mA for 10 s to occlude the rabbit's cystic duct are effective and less injurious.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0035-8835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
395-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Cystic duct occlusion by microwave tissue coagulator in rabbits.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Nanjing Railway Medical College, Jiangsu, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article