Research Article

Technical Development of a New Semispherical Radiofrequency Bipolar Device (RONJA): Ex Vivo and In Vivo Studies

Table 1

Operating data: there was a significant difference ( ) in supplied power between the groups.

Standard device;RONJA; value
mean ± S.E.M. (median)mean ± S.E.M. (median)

Weight 1 (kg)50.83 ± 3.55 (47.50)53.00 ± 4.69 (55.50)0.567
Total operating time (min)69.00 ± 6.76 (77.00)57.50 ± 3.99 (53.50)0.567
Ablation time of left lobe (min)11.67 ± 2.11 (11.50)8.83 ± 1.25 (7.50)0.567
Ablation time of right lobe (min)8.50 ± 0.89 (8.00)7.33 ± 0.84 (7.00)1
Supplied power (W)90.00 (unchanging)81.67 ± 1.67 (80.00)0.005
Weight 2 (kg)52.92 ± 3.85 (49.50)55.17 ± 4.11 (57.50)0.567
Laparoscopic total time (min)25.33 ± 5.08 (23.50)27.17 ± 4.66 (23.00)1
Actual time of laparoscopy (min)13.83 ± 3.89 (14.00)6.00 ± 1.16 (5.00)0.567
Weight 3 (kg)58.82 ± 4.35 (61.00)58.83 ± 4.89 (59.90)1
Total weight increment (kg)6.62 ± 1.46 (7.00)5.83 ± 0.88 (6.65)0.567
Liver weight (kg)1.54 ± 0.13 (1.50)1.48 ± 0.11 (1.48)1