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

Table 4

Difference in rabbit respiratory rate between skin and spleen incision(breaths per minute).

Surgical devices	Skin incision		Spleen incision			d
	M	SD	M	SD
Tissue-welding device	40.08	7.01	39.03	02.08	0.437	0.223
Laser	58.04	31.03	51.04	22.08	0.242	0.316
Electrocoagulator	35.03	6.62	35.09	05.07	0.612	0.134
Radiofrequency device	25.0	13.02	29.01	15.0	0.204	0.357
Scalpel	43.05	17.05	42.09	14.02	0.811	0.062

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