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Less Blood Loss With Harmonic Scalpel Than Unipolar Cautery.
RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- The harmonic scalpel is associated with less blood loss than unipolar cautery for uterine incisions performed during laparoscopic myomectomy, Dr. Andrew Harper reported.
In a retrospective cohort study of 166 patients, the mean estimated blood loss was 243 cc with the harmonic scalpel but 378 cc with unipolar cautery, a significant difference, he stated in a poster session at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society.
The study included patients who had undergone laparoscopic myomectomy by either posterior colpotomy or morcellation during an 8-year period, noted Dr. Andrew Harper of the department of ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Less Blood Loss With Harmonic Scalpel Than Unipolar Cautery.