"Electrocoagulation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electrocoagulation" by people in Profiles.
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Clipless skeletonized internal mammary artery harvesting with harmonic technology. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 May 22; 2023.
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Extra-cardiac and complex Fontan baffle fenestration using radio frequency current via surgical electrocautery. Cardiol Young. 2023 Dec; 33(12):2621-2627.
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Monopolar Cautery Use in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 03; 168(3):478-483.
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Congenital Pyriform Fossa Lesions: Complex Management. Am Surg. 2023 Apr; 89(4):1236-1238.
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MR-guided laser ablation for the treatment of hypothalamic hamartomas. Epilepsy Res. 2018 05; 142:131-134.
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Obstructive Post-tracheotomy Granulation Tissue. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep 01; 196(5):e12-e13.
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Transseptal puncture using surgical electrocautery in children and adults with and without complex congenital heart disease. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Sep 01; 90(3):E46-E54.
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Surgical Fires and Operative Burns: Lessons Learned From a 33-Year Review of Medical Litigation. Am J Surg. 2017 Mar; 213(3):558-564.
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Minimizing blood loss at cesarean-hysterectomy for placenta previa percreta. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Jan; 216(1):78.e1-78.e2.
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Urological fistulas after fetal cystoscopic laser ablation of posterior urethral valves: surgical technical aspects. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Feb; 45(2):183-9.