Table 2.
The ‘failures’ of the harmonic scalpel (n = 6)
| Average diameter of leaking vessel | 6.1 mm |
| Vessel diameter < 5 mm | 0% leak (0/18) |
| Vessel diameter 5–6 mm | 11% leak (3/27) |
| Vessel diameter > 6 mm | 60% leak (3/5) |
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