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Table 8 Histological properties of sealed carotid arteries

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

Property

Sample #

BCM#1

BCM#2

BCM#3

BCM#4

TSM#1

TSM#2

TSM#3

Occlusion of arterial lumen

Yes

Yes

Noa

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Transition zone

Broad

Broad

Small

Broad

Broad

Broad

Broad

Thrombus formation

Yes

No

Yes, strong

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Invagination of the media

Complete

Complete

Incomplete

Complete

Complete

Complete

Complete

  1. aThe arterial lumen reopened, probably because of the mechanical excision of the specimen from the animal