Tissue-Welding Device: Considerable Advantages for Spleen Surgery Based on Histological and Cardiorespiratory Investigation

Table 2

Difference in rabbit heart rate between skin and spleen incision (beats per minute).

Surgical devices	Skin incision		Spleen incision			d
	M	SD	M	SD
Tissue-welding device	150	15.02	155	20.05	0.476	0.189
Laser	177	15.01	186	11.06	0.002	1.030
Electrocoagulator	145	30.07	151	39.09	0.276	0.293
Radiofrequency device	140	19.04	155	23.08	0.016	0.708
Scalpel	150	25.01	167	21.05	0.001	1.540

M-mean, SD-standard deviation, d-effect size.