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Electrocoagulation (Electrocautery) Summary

Description: 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.

Also Known As: Electrocautery; Surgical Diathermy; Fulguration, Endocavitary; Diathermy, Surgical; Endocavitary Fulguration Show All >>

Networked: 2356 relevant articles (153 outcomes, 186 trials/studies) for this Therapy

Key Diseases for which Electrocoagulation is Relevant

  1. Hemorrhage : 34 outcomes 36 studies in 410 results
  2. Peptic Ulcer (Peptic Ulcers) : 13 outcomes 13 studies in 40 results
  3. Pain (Aches) : 11 outcomes 11 studies in 133 results
  4. Neoplasms (Cancer) : 10 outcomes 11 studies in 207 results
  5. Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux) : 7 outcomes 8 studies in 132 results
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Drugs Related to Electrocoagulation

  1. Epinephrine (Adrenaline)
  2. glucuronyl glucosamine glycan sulfate (Vessel)
  3. Argon
  4. Neodymium
  5. Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol)
  6. Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
  7. yttrium-aluminum-garnet
  8. Clomiphene (Clomifene)
  9. Gold
  10. Opioid Analgesics (Opioids)
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Therapies Related to Electrocoagulation

  1. Solid-State Lasers
  2. Lasers (Laser)
  3. Transurethral Resection of Prostate (TURP)
  4. Gas Lasers
  5. Sclerotherapy
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