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    Electrosurgery is the application of a high-frequency (radio frequency) alternating polarity, electrical current to biological tissue as a means to cut...
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  • gradually increase if the patients’ plaque control is up to standard. Electrosurgery is defined as the intentional passage of high-frequency waveforms or...
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    A hyfrecator is a low-powered medical apparatus used in electrosurgery on conscious patients, usually in an office setting. It is used to destroy tissue...
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    necessary. Treatments for cosmetic reasons include shave excision and electrosurgery. Following treatment, recurrence is rare. Skin lesion James, William...
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  • that (unlike electrosurgery) uses ultrasonic vibrations to cut and cauterize tissue. The harmonic scalpel may be superior to electrosurgery in that it can...
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  • better known as "electrosurgery". (It is also referred to occasionally as "electrocautery", but see disambiguation below.) Electrosurgery and surgical diathermy...
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    Medically necessary dermatologic surgical procedures include curettage and electrosurgery, and Mohs surgery for the treatment of skin cancer, as well as skin...
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    excision biopsy may be necessary. Cysts can also be removed by laser, electrosurgery or cryotherapy. Inflammation can be reduced with oral antibiotics. Oral...
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    suppress. In operating rooms, formaldehyde is produced as a byproduct of electrosurgery and is present in surgical smoke, exposing surgeons and healthcare workers...
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    5-fluorouracil, imiquimod, scalpel vermillionectomy, chemical peel, electrosurgery, and carbon dioxide laser vaporization. These curative treatments attempt...
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  • years, and now include diathermy, hyperthermy treatment of cancer, electrosurgery scalpels used to cut and cauterize in operations, and radiofrequency...
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    calipers Energy systems tools are used to cut tissues or seal vessels Electrosurgery is a modern technology that uses high frequency electrical current to...
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    development in the mid-20th century. He was a leader in developing electrosurgery. The popularity of the field rose when the book What Is Life? by Erwin...
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    unsightly and some people choose to have them removed. This can be done by electrosurgery, laser treatment, cryotherapy, or the use of depigmentation agents,...
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  • years, and now include diathermy, hyperthermy treatment of cancer, electrosurgery scalpels used to cut and cauterize in operations, and radiofrequency...
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  • would need to be obtained privately, where the charge is variable. Electrosurgery is defined as "the intentional passage of high frequency waveforms or...
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  • low-certainty evidence that there is no difference between using scalpel and electrosurgery in infection rates during major abdominal surgeries. Wikisource has...
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    potential methods based on tissue-targeted heating include cauterization, electrosurgery, and harmonic scalpel. Patients who have a lipoma removed are usually...
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  • charge Evolutionarily significant unit Electrosurgical unit, used in electrosurgery Search for "esu"  or "E-S-U" on Wikipedia. Esus (disambiguation) All...
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  • treatment of papillary bladder tumors. He is recognized as the founder of electrosurgery of the bladder. Beer was born and raised in New York City. His parents...
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  • Covidien (no longer part of Tyco Healthcare), explaining the basics of electrosurgery Examples of Cauterizing the Wound in Cinema - Daily Film Dose Villafane...
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  • times. The most effective surgical oncology techniques are: cryosurgery electrosurgery laparoscopic surgery laser surgery mohs surgery radiofrequency ablation...
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    dissection, the practice of slicing through tissues with scalpels, scissors, electrosurgery, or other advanced technologies usually employing heat. New devices...
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    low-temperature cryoablation to freeze and destroy a target tissue. Electrosurgery involves use of electrocautery to cut and coagulate tissue. Microsurgery...
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    occurs as an indoor air pollutant in a number of processes including electrosurgery, and can be removed from the air with an activated carbon filter. Similarly...
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    the surface of the ureter, electrosurgery or laser therapy may be performed to remove the affected cells. Electrosurgery uses an electric current, whereas...
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  • discharge Electrostatic ion cyclotron wave Electrostatic ion thruster Electrosurgery Electrothermal instability Electroweak epoch Elemental analysis Elliptic...
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  • irritation. Giant-cell fibromas can be removed by surgical incision, electrosurgery, or laser excision. Giant-cell fibromas are commonly located on the...
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    away within a few days. Chemical cautery Cryoneurolysis Cryotherapy Electrosurgery "Cryotherapy - DermNet New Zealand". dermnetnz.org. 26 October 2023...
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    not stimulate the nerves strongly enough to cause cardiac arrest (see electrosurgery). Also important is the pathway: if the current passes through the chest...
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