Concept information
Preferred term
Electrocoagulation
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Diathermy, Surgical
- Electrocautery
- Endocavitary Fulguration
- Fulguration, Endocavitary
- Galvanocautery
- Surgical Diathermy
- Thermocoagulation
Note
- coordinate with organ or disease /surg
Scope note
- 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.
In other languages
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Finnish
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poltto
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sähköhyydyttäminen
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sähköhyydytys
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Swedish
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Diatermiknivkirurgi
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004564
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