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[Hazards of technical appliances in monopolar electrosurgery and their prevention (author's transl)]. 1980

W Menz

After representing the essential function of electrosurgical procedures, possibilities of thermic damage to patient or surgeon or dealth with. The interaction of electrosurgical procedures, cardiovascular monitoring and pacemaker function is discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002058 Burns, Electric Burns produced by contact with electric current or from a sudden discharge of electricity. Electric Burns,Burn, Electric,Electric Burn
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
D005107 Explosions Sudden, violent, and often destructive expansion of gases which propagates energy outward, such as a shock wave, ejecting fragments and debris at high velocities. Explosion
D005390 Fires Combustion or burning in which substances combine chemically with oxygen typically giving out bright light, heat, and smoke. Fire
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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