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Therapeutics > Cautery > Electrocoagulation

Preferred term

Electrocoagulation  

Type

  • 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.

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Entry terms

  • Diathermy, Surgical
  • Electrocautery
  • Endocavitary Fulguration
  • Galvanocautery
  • Surgical Diathermy
  • Thermocoagulation

In other languages

  • French

  • Diathermie chirurgicale
  • Électrocautérisation
  • Fulguration endocavitaire
  • Galvanocautérisation
  • Thermocoagulation

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VF0DBNLF-N

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