Research Article
Technical Development of a New Semispherical Radiofrequency Bipolar Device (RONJA): Ex Vivo and In Vivo Studies
Table 3
Data concerning thermal alteration: there were no significant differences between the groups.
| | | Standard device; | RONJA; | value | | | mean ± S.E.M. (median) | mean ± S.E.M. (median) |
| | Thermal alteration at the resection margin (%)—right lobe | 98.33 ± 1.67 (100.00) | 98.33 ± 1.67 (100.00) | — | | Thermal alteration at the resection margin (%)—left lobe | 100.00 (unchanging) | 95 ± 3.42 (100.00) | — | | Maximum depth of necrosis (mm)—right lobe |
13.00 ± 1.61 (13.00) | 14.83 ± 2.20 (14.00) | 1 | | Maximum depth of necrosis (mm)—left lobe | 13.67 ± 1.94 (14.00) | 14.00 ± 0.97 (13.50) | 1 | | Weight of resected particle (g)—right lobe | 9.55 ± 1.37 (10.20) | 15.33 ± 2.65 (14.40) | 0.567 | | Weight of resected particle (g)—left lobe | 11.75 ± 1.29 (11.30) | 14.75 ± 1.05 (14.25) | 0.567 | | Maximum depth of thermal alteration (cm)—right lobe | 1.08 ± 0.08 (1.00) | 1.42 ± 0.07 (1.40) | 0.08 | | Maximum depth of thermal alteration (cm)—left lobe | 1.08 ± 0.05 (1.00) | 1.45 ± 0.07 (1.45) | 0.08 |
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