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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

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From: Blood-saving dissection with monopolar tungsten needle electrodes and Teflon-coated spatula electrodes in tumor orthopedics

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Intraoperative photographs of tumor dissection performed exclusively with monopolar electrodes; a Monopolar tungsten needle electrode (1), Teflon-coated spatula electrode (2) (both: Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH, Tuebingen, Germany). b Skin incision and superficial dissection of the biopsy channel (*), that is inevitably contaminated with tumor cells after incisional biopsy and thus must be completely removed together with the tumor. This step is performed with the high-precision tungsten needle electrode (1). c Deep dissection to achieve wide tumor resetion is then performed with the teflon-coated spatula electrode (2). Visibility of the surgical site is excellent due to minimal bleeding

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