"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Electrocoagulation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Electrocoagulation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electrocoagulation" by people in Profiles.
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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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Electrocoagulation for liver metastases. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 01 28; 1:CD009497.
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Treatment efficacy for human papillomavirus-related anal squamous cell dysplasia in an under-represented population: human immunodeficiency-negative, non-men having sex with men, and non-transplant population. Colorectal Dis. 2020 01; 22(1):29-35.
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Ligasure impact? might reduce blood loss, complications, and re-operation occurrence after abdominoplasty in massive-weight-loss patients: A Comparative Study. Scand J Surg. 2020 Jun; 109(2):151-158.
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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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Ablation of colorectal liver metastasis: Interaction of ablation margins and RAS mutation profiling on local tumour progression-free survival. Eur Radiol. 2018 Jul; 28(7):2727-2734.
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Effectiveness of Thermal Annular Procedures in Treating Discogenic Low Back Pain. Pain Physician. 2017 09; 20(6):447-470.
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Obstructive Post-tracheotomy Granulation Tissue. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep 01; 196(5):e12-e13.