Journal article
Direct-current potentials created by arcing during monopolar radiofrequency electrosurgery
Biomedical instrumentation & technology, Vol.24(3), pp.212-216
05/1990
PMID: 2344553
Abstract
Muscle and nerve stimulation during radiofrequency electrosurgery has been a well-known phenomenon for over 50 years. However, as electrosurgery expands into new procedures, such as tissue ablation in the heart, the mechanism of the potentially deleterious stimulation becomes more important. This article presents data showing that large DC currents are generated during electrosurgery and that these potentials increase with increasing sparking at the active electrode. The data also show DC potentials generated by various generators, different operation modes (cut, coagulation, fulguration), and operations on tissues of various impedances.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Direct-current potentials created by arcing during monopolar radiofrequency electrosurgery
- Creators
- R D Tucker - Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa CityE V KramolowskyP Stasz
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Biomedical instrumentation & technology, Vol.24(3), pp.212-216
- Publisher
- United States
- PMID
- 2344553
- ISSN
- 0899-8205
- eISSN
- 1943-5967
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1990
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047853302771
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