Electrocoagulation

Elektrokoagulering

Svensk definition

Elektrokirurgisk teknik för behandling av blödningar, avlägsnande av tumörer och slemhinnesår, och behandling av refraktära arytmier.

Engelsk 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.

Svenska synonymer

Diatermiknivkirurgi

Engelska synonymer

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