The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , January 2010

Quantifying Electrosurgery-Induced Thermal Effects and Damage to Human Tissue: An Exploratory Study with the Fallopian Tube as a Novel In-Vivo In-Situ Model

  • Christian W. Wallwiener, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Christian W. Wallwiener, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany.
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  • Taufiek K. Rajab, MB BChir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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  • Bernhard Krämer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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  • Keith B. Isaacson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Sara Brucker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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  • Markus Wallwiener, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany

Received 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 14 September 2009.

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 Supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; Berlin, Germany), grant 16SV 1352 (“Minimally invasive technology and therapeutic methods”), and by a grant from the Research Foundation of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Tübingen, Germany.

 Presented as oral presentations at the 16th Annual Congress of the European Society of Gynecological Endoscopy (ESGE), in Portoroz, Slovenia, September 5–8, 2007, and at the 36th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists in Washington, D.C., November 14–17, 2007.

 The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

PII: S1553-4650(09)01081-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.09.007

The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , January 2010

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