"Electrocoagulation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D004564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.154.402 E04.014.170.402
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| Concept/Terms |
Electrocoagulation- Electrocoagulation
- Electrocautery
- Thermocoagulation
- Galvanocautery
- Surgical Diathermy
- Diathermy, Surgical
- Endocavitary Fulguration
- Fulguration, Endocavitary
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Electrocoagulation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Electrocoagulation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electrocoagulation" by people in Profiles.
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Bakillah E, Brooks AD, Adekeye S. Switching to Tumescent Dissection in Mastectomy. Breast J. 2025; 2025:7634729.
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Kurtz PW, Kurtz MA, Aslani S, Taylor LM, Goodwin CM, MacDonald DW, Piuzzi NS, Mihalko WM, Kurtz SM, Gilbert JL. Wear, Material Transfer, and Electrocautery Damage Are Ubiquitous on CoCrMo Femoral Knee Retrievals. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2024 12; 112(12):e35504.
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Kaneyuki D, Patil S, Jackson J, Ahmad D, Plestis KA, Guy TS, Massey HT, Entwistle JW, Morris RJ, Tchantchaleishvili V. Ultrasonic scalpel versus electrocautery for internal mammary artery harvesting: a meta-analysis. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Dec; 71(12):723-729.
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Nieto J, Mekaroonkamol P, Shah R, Khashab MA, Loren DE, Waxman I, Edmundowicz SA, Willingham FF. Electrocautery-enhanced Lumen-apposing Metal Stents in the Management of Symptomatic Pancreatic Fluid Collections: Results From the Multicenter Prospective Pivotal Trial. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2023 02 01; 57(2):218-226.
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Ni G, McAuliffe D, Sethi HK, Patel P, Terk A. A single center retrospective comparison of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage between BiZact and Coblator. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Jul; 158:111165.
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Toombs CS, Boody BS, Bronson WH, Girasole GJ, Russo GS. Safe Spine Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Clin Spine Surg. 2021 04 01; 34(3):87-91.
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Kamal F, Khan MA, Tariq R, Ismail MK, Tombazzi C, Howden CW. Systematic review and meta-analysis: monopolar hemostatic forceps with soft coagulation in the treatment of peptic ulcer bleeding. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 06; 32(6):678-685.
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Heise G, Arnholt C, Sorrels JH, Morrow B, Kurtz SM, Mihalko WM. Comparison of Inflammatory Cell-Induced Corrosion and Electrocautery-Induced Damage of Total Knee Implants. J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2019; 29(3):231-238.
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Shahi A, Chen AF, McKenna PB, Roberts AL, Manrique J, Belden KA, Austin MS. Bacterial Contamination in Tips of Electrocautery Devices During Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2015 Aug; 30(8):1410-3.
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Kamath AF, Austin DC, Derman PB, Clement RC, Garino JP, Lee GC. Saline-coupled bipolar sealing in simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Surg. 2014 Sep; 6(3):298-304.