Concept information
Preferred term
Electrocoagulation
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- 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.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Diathermy, Surgical
- Electrocautery
- Endocavitary Fulguration
- Galvanocautery
- Surgical Diathermy
- Thermocoagulation
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- ethics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- instrumentation (Qualifier)
- methods (Qualifier)
- mortality (Qualifier)
- nursing (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Diathermie chirurgicale
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Électrocautérisation
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Fulguration endocavitaire
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Galvanocautérisation
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Thermocoagulation
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VF0DBNLF-N
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