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17965841

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
The beneficial use of heat in the context of medical treatments was documented even in ancient times. The development of high-frequency alternating current generators led to actual electrosurgery, in which primary heating of the tissue takes place. In day-to-day clinical practice electrosurgery is used for coagulation and for electrotomies. There are both unipolar and bipolar techniques for these procedures. When a unipolar technique is used the active electrode is in the tip of the instrument and the patient plate is usually affixed to the patient's skin at a site outside the operating field. The bipolar technique differs in that there are no electrodes that need to be attached externally; both poles are contained inside the operating instrument, e.g. in the two prongs of a forceps. In radiofrequency surgery high-frequency electrical energy is applied directly into the tissue by a unipolar or bipolar technique. In this way it is possible to cause interstitial tissue lesions while sparing the superficial mucous membranes.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1433-0458
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
899-911; quiz 912-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
[Electrosurgical concepts in ENT medicine. History, fundamentals and practice].
pubmed:affiliation
Universitäts-HNO-Klinik, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer, 68167, Mannheim. gregor.bran@hno.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review, Historical Article