Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Reply to G. Dionigi’s letter: energy based devices and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury: the need for safer instruments

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Lombardi CP, Raffaelli M, Cicchetti A, Marchetti M, De Crea C, Di Bidino R, Oragano L, Bellantone R (2008) The use of “harmonic scalpel” versus “knot tying” for conventional “open” thyroidectomy: results of a prospective randomized study. Langenbecks Arch Surg 393(5):627–631. doi:10.1007/s00423-008-0380-9

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Sackett DL (1989) Rules of evidence and clinical recommendations on the use of antithrombotic agents. Chest 95(2 Suppl):2S–4S. doi:10.1378/chest.95.2.2S

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Heinrich S, Schäfer M, Rousson V, Clavien PA (2006) Evidence-based treatment of acute pancreatitis: a look at established paradigms. Ann Surg 243(2):154–168. doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000197334.58374.70

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Meurisse M, Defechereux T, Maweja S, Degauque C, Vandelaer M, Hamoir E (2000) Evaluation de l’utilisation du dissecteur ultrasonique Ultracision® en chirurgie thyroïdienne. Etude prospective randomisée. Ann Chir 125:468–472. doi:10.1016/S0003-3944(00)00223-6

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Voutilainen PE, Haglund CH (2000) Ultrasonically activated shears in thyroidectomies. A randomised trial. Ann Surg 231:322–328. doi:10.1097/00000658-200003000-00004

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Siperstein A, Berber E, Morkoyun E (2002) The use of the Harmonic Scalpel vs conventional knot tying for vessel ligation in thyroid surgery. Arch Surg 137:137–142. doi:10.1001/archsurg.137.2.137

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Ortega J, Sala C, Flor B, Lledo S (2004) Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the UltraCision® Harmonic Scalpel in thyroid surgery: an analysis of 200 cases in a randomised trial. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 14(1):9–12. doi:10.1089/109264204322862289

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Miccoli P, Berti P, Dionigi Gian L, D’Agostino J, Orlandini C, Donatini G (2006) Randomized controlled trial of harmonic scalpel use during thyroidectomy. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 132:1069–1073. doi:10.1001/archotol.132.10.1069

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Terris DJ, Seybt MW, Gourin CG, Chin E (2006) Ultrasonic technology facilitates minimal thyroid surgery. Laryngoscope 116:851–854. doi:10.1097/01.MLG.0000215831.66371.C4

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Divisione di Chirurgia Endocrina, Istituto di Semeiotica Chirurgica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico A. Gemelli, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Celestino Pio Lombardi, Marco Raffaelli, Carmela De Crea, Luigi Oragano & Rocco Bellantone

  2. Unit of Health Technology Assessment, Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico A. Gemelli, L.go A Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Americo Cicchetti, Marco Marchetti & Rossella Dibidino

Authors
  1. Celestino Pio Lombardi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Marco Raffaelli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Americo Cicchetti
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Marco Marchetti
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Carmela De Crea
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Rossella Dibidino
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Luigi Oragano
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Rocco Bellantone
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Marco Raffaelli.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Pio Lombardi, C., Raffaelli, M., Cicchetti, A. et al. Reply to G. Dionigi’s letter: energy based devices and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury: the need for safer instruments. Langenbecks Arch Surg 394, 583–584 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-008-0451-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-008-0451-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation