Use of the Harmonic Scalpel for Breast Surgery in Patients with a Cardiac Pacemaker – A Tip
Garth Poole MD,
Garth Poole MD
Department of Surgery, Middlemore Hosptial, Auckland, New Zealand
Search for more papers by this author Magdalena Biggar MD,
Magdalena Biggar MD
Department of Surgery, Middlemore Hosptial, Auckland, New Zealand
Search for more papers by this author David Moss MD,
David Moss MD
Department of Surgery, Middlemore Hosptial, Auckland, New Zealand
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Garth Poole MD,
Garth Poole MD
Department of Surgery, Middlemore Hosptial, Auckland, New Zealand
Search for more papers by this author Magdalena Biggar MD,
Magdalena Biggar MD
Department of Surgery, Middlemore Hosptial, Auckland, New Zealand
Search for more papers by this author David Moss MD,
David Moss MD
Department of Surgery, Middlemore Hosptial, Auckland, New Zealand
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First published: 08 January 2010
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Magdalena Biggar, BHB, Surgical Registrar, Middlemore – General Surgery, Hospital Road, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand, or e-mail:
[email protected].
No abstract is available for this article.
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