Biomaterial Database

Electrocoagulation of Mallory-Weiss tears. 1981

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UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008309	Mallory-Weiss Syndrome	A condition characterized by mucosal tears at the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION, sometimes with HEMATEMESIS. Typically it is caused by forceful bouts of retching or VOMITING.	Gastroesophageal Laceration-Hemorrhage,Mallory-Weiss Laceration,Mallory-Weiss Tear,Mucosal Lacerations-Gastroesophageal Junction,Gastroesophageal Laceration Hemorrhage,Gastroesophageal Laceration-Hemorrhages,Junction, Mucosal Lacerations-Gastroesophageal,Junctions, Mucosal Lacerations-Gastroesophageal,Laceration, Mallory-Weiss,Laceration-Hemorrhage, Gastroesophageal,Laceration-Hemorrhages, Gastroesophageal,Lacerations-Gastroesophageal Junction, Mucosal,Lacerations-Gastroesophageal Junctions, Mucosal,Mallory Weiss Laceration,Mallory Weiss Syndrome,Mallory Weiss Tear,Mucosal Lacerations Gastroesophageal Junction,Mucosal Lacerations-Gastroesophageal Junctions,Syndrome, Mallory-Weiss
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
D004724	Endoscopy	Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.	Endoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic,Endoscopic Surgical Procedure,Endoscopy, Surgical,Surgical Endoscopy,Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic,Procedure, Endoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Endoscopic Surgical
D006471	Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage	Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.	Hematochezia,Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages,Hematochezias
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man