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Pediatrics
Study Finds Starion Instruments' Tissue Welding Technology Reduces Pain and Bleeding in Tonsillectomy Patients
November 19th, 2007
Starion Instruments, a leading surgical device company, announced that a study published in the Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology found that the use of Starion's proprietary Tissue Welding Technology in total tonsillectomy patients resulted in significantly less intraoperative blood loss and lower pain scores compared with cold dissection tonsillectomy. The study, Thermal Welding Versus Cold Dissection Tonsillectomy: A Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blind Study in Adult Patients, was led by Pelagia Stavroulaki, MD, PhD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, General Hospital, Volos, Greece. Stavroulaki and her team compared the rates of post-operative morbidity in...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2007-11-19)
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