Types of Knives and Electrosurgical Settings Used in Studies (Selected)
Variable | Manufacturer | Specification | Setting |
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Needle knife8 | Endo-Flex (Voerde, Germany) | Length: 1.8 mm | Endocut I mode, effect 3, 100 W cutting, 40 W coagulation |
Zimmon Needle (Cook Endoscopy, Winston-Salem, NC, USA) | Auto cut effect 4 | ||
Hook knife19 | KD-620 LR; Olympus, Tokyo, Japan | Length: 4.5 mm; diameter: 0.4 mm; hook length: 1.3 mm | Endocut, effect 2, duration 2, interval 3, and forced coagulation effect 2, power 40 W |
Clutch Cutter knife16 | Fujifilm Co., Tokyo, Japan | 0.4 × 3.5 or 5 mm | Forced coagulation 30 W, Endo Cut Q with effect 1, duration 3, interval 1 |
Stag Beetle (SB) knife13 | Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Tokyo, Japan | SB: 7 mm; SB Jr: 3.5 mm | Endo Cut Q Effect 1 |
Soft Coagulation 40 W | |||
Triangular tip knife30 | KD-645L; Olympus, Tokyo, Japan | 4.5 × 0.4 mm | Diverticulotimy: Spray Coag, effect 2, 40 W |
Coagulation: Soft Coag, effect 5, 80 W |