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Table 7 Rating of tissue sticking to the vessel sealer

From: Safety and effectiveness of a novel generator algorithm for bipolar vessel sealing: a randomised controlled chronic animal study

Rating level

thermoSEAL mode (TSM)

BiClamp® mode (BCM)

p value

No.

Percentage [%]

No.

Percentage [%]

Rating 0

85/98

87

79/98

81

0.33

Rating 1

9/98

9

9/98

9

1.00

Rating 2

3/98

3

7/98

7

0.33

Rating 3

1/98

1

3/98

3

0.62

  1. Ratings: 0 = no sticking, 1 = sticking, but easy to remove the device, 2 = sticking and difficult to remove the device, 3 = sticking and difficult to remove the device and seal damaged