"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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Dec; 112(12):e35504.
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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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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.
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Clement RC, Kamath AF, Derman PB, Garino JP, Lee GC. Bipolar sealing in revision total hip arthroplasty for infection: efficacy and cost analysis. J Arthroplasty. 2012 Aug; 27(7):1376-81.
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Sarosiek K, Hirose H, Pitcher HT, Cavarocchi NC. Adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and gastrointestinal bleeding from small bowel arteriovenous malformations: a novel treatment using spiral enteroscopy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 May; 143(5):1221-2.
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DeLeon MF, Yeo CJ, Maxwell PJ. The evolution of cauterization: from the hot iron to the Bovie. Am Surg. 2011 Dec; 77(12):1574-5.