Biomaterial Database

Shaw hemostatic scalpel. 1985

E M Peck, and S Cates, and K E Krantz

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007045	Hysterectomy, Vaginal	Removal of the uterus through the vagina.	Colpohysterectomy,Colpohysterectomies,Hysterectomies, Vaginal,Vaginal Hysterectomies,Vaginal Hysterectomy
D011897	Random Allocation	A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.	Randomization,Allocation, Random
D002986	Clinical Trials as Topic	Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.	Clinical Trial as Topic
D004564	Electrocoagulation	Procedures using an electrically heated wire or scalpel to treat hemorrhage (e.g., bleeding ulcers) and to ablate tumors, mucosal lesions, and refractory arrhythmias. It is different from ELECTROSURGERY which is used more for cutting tissue than destroying and in which the patient is part of the electric circuit.	Diathermy, Surgical,Electrocautery,Endocavitary Fulguration,Galvanocautery,Surgical Diathermy,Thermocoagulation,Fulguration, Endocavitary
D005260	Female		Females
D006488	Hemostasis, Surgical	Control of bleeding during or after surgery.	Surgical Hemostasis,Hemostases, Surgical,Surgical Hemostases
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man