 Electrocoagulation
"Electrocoagulation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D004564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.154.402 E04.014.170.402
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| Concept/Terms |
Electrocoagulation- Electrocoagulation
- Electrocautery
- Thermocoagulation
- Galvanocautery
- Surgical Diathermy
- Diathermy, Surgical
- Endocavitary Fulguration
- Fulguration, Endocavitary
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electrocoagulation" by people in Profiles.
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Chiang C, Vipparthy S, Ayub MT, Trohman RG, Larsen TR, Huang HD, Krishnan K, Engelstein ED, Haw JM, Sharma PS, Wasserlauf J. Comparison of electrocautery platforms for pulse generator replacement procedures. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2022 09; 64(3):557-558.
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Rosenthal BD, Haughom BD, Levine BR. A Retrospective Analysis of Hemostatic Techniques in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: Traditional Electrocautery, Bipolar Sealer, and Argon Beam Coagulation. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2016 May-Jun; 45(4):E187-91.
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Levine BR, Haughom B, Strong B, Hellman M, Frank RM. Blood management strategies for total knee arthroplasty. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2014 Jun; 22(6):361-71.
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Rosenberg AG. Reducing blood loss in total joint surgery with a saline-coupled bipolar sealing technology. J Arthroplasty. 2007 Jun; 22(4 Suppl 1):82-5.
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Petersen BT, Hussain N, Marine JE, Trohman RG, Carpenter S, Chuttani R, Croffie J, Disario J, Chotiprasidhi P, Liu J, Somogyi L. Endoscopy in patients with implanted electronic devices. Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Apr; 65(4):561-8.
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Nho SJ, Freedman KB, Bansal SL, Romeo AA, Bach BR, Bush-Joseph CA, Turner DA, Cole BJ. The effect of radiofrequency energy on nonweight-bearing areas of bone following shoulder and knee arthroscopy. Orthopedics. 2005 Apr; 28(4):392-9.
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Lane BR, Ross JH, Hart WR, Kay R. M?llerian papilloma of the cervix in a child with multiple renal cysts. Urology. 2005 Feb; 65(2):388.
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An H, Boden SD, Kang J, Sandhu HS, Abdu W, Weinstein J. Summary statement: emerging techniques for treatment of degenerative lumbar disc disease. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Aug 01; 28(15 Suppl):S24-5.
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Biyani A, Andersson GB, Chaudhary H, An HS. Intradiscal electrothermal therapy: a treatment option in patients with internal disc disruption. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Aug 01; 28(15 Suppl):S8-14.
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Warren WH. Palliation of dysphagia. Chest Surg Clin N Am. 2000 Aug; 10(3):605-23, x-xi.
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