Journal article
Electrosurgery in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Principles to Practice
The American journal of gastroenterology, Vol.104(6), pp.1563-1574
2009
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.105
PMID: 19491874
Abstract
An electrosurgery generator unit is a critical piece of equipment in any therapeutic endoscopy setting. Electrosurgery generators produce high-frequency alternating electric current and differ from electrocautery units in that both cutting and coagulation effects can be achieved. This ability to cut and coagulate at the same time makes electrosurgery an ideal therapeutic tool for gastrointestinal endoscopy. Although education and familiarity with these devices are accepted as the primary avenue to the safest and most effective clinical outcomes, concise information linking the basic properties of electrosurgery directly to clinical practice is not widespread. The following are the aims of this article: (i) to relate the fundamental electrosurgical principles to commonly performed procedures such as snare polypectomy, hot biopsy, sphincterotomy, bipolar hemostasis, and argon plasma coagulation, and (ii) to provide practical suggestions for the use of these devices on the basis of an understanding of electrosurgical principles and the available clinical data.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Electrosurgery in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Principles to Practice
- Creators
- Marcia L MORRIS - Medical Service Associates Inc., Maplewood, Minnesota, United StatesRobert D TUCKER - Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United StatesTodd H BARON - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesLouis M WONG KEE SONG - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of gastroenterology, Vol.104(6), pp.1563-1574
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group; Basingstoke
- DOI
- 10.1038/ajg.2009.105
- PMID
- 19491874
- ISSN
- 0002-9270
- eISSN
- 1572-0241
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2009
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047888002771
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