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| THE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE. |
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| IN ELECTROSURGERY, THE POINT OF THE ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT THAT DELIVERS CURRENT TO TISSUE. |
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| AN INSERT GAS USED IN ELECTROSURGERY TO DIRECT AND SHROUD THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT. |
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| AN ELECTROSURGICAL CIRCUIT IN WHICH CURRENT TRAVELS FROM THE POWER UNIT, THROUGH AN INSTRUMENT CONTAINING TWO OPPOSITE POLES IN CONTACT WITH THE TISSUE AND THEN RETURNS DIRECTLY TO THE ENERGY SOURCE. |
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| A SPECIFIC BURN HAZARD OF MONOPOLAR ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY. IT OCCURS WHEN CURRENT PASSES UNINTENTIONALLY THROUGH INSTRUMENTS INSULATION AND ADJACENT CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, INTO TISSUE. |
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| AN INERT GAS USED AS A LASING MEDIUM DURING LASER SURGERY. |
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| THE USE OF A HOT OBJECT TO BURN TISSUE TO ACHIEVE COAGULATION. |
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| THE QUALITY OF A MATERIAL TO GIVE UP ELECTRONS EASILY AND THUS TRANSMIT ELECTRICAL CURRENT. |
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| A METHOD OF TISSUE DESTRUCTION IN WHICH A PROBE IS INSERTED INTO A TUMOR OR TISSUE MASS. HIGH-PRESSURE ARGON GAS IS INJECTED INTO THE PROBE, CAUSING THE SURROUNDING TISSUE TO FREEZE AND EVENTUALLY SLOUGH. |
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| THE USE OF EXTREMELY LOW TEMPERATURE TO DESTROY DISEASED TISSUE. |
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| CAVITRON ULTRASONIC SURGICAL ASPIRATOR; THE INSTRUMENT DESTROYS TUMORS THROUGH THE USE OF HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES (ULTRASOUND) |
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| THE REMOVAL OF WATER FROM TISSUE, CAUSING IT TO DIE. |
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| THE TRANSFER OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT FROM AN ACTIVE ELECTRODE TO ANOTHER CONDUCTIVE INSTRUMENT BY ACCIDENT OR A PART OF THE ELECTROSURGICAL PROCESS. |
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| THE DIRECT USE OF ELECTRICITY TO CUT AND COAGULATE TISSUE. |
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| ELECTROSURGICAL UNIT (ESU) |
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| THE POWER GENERATOR AND CONTROL SOURCE IN THE ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM. |
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| ELECROSURGICAL VESSEL SEALING |
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| A TYPE OF BIPOLAR ELECTROSURGERY IN WHICH TISSUE IS WELDED TOGETHER USING LOW VOLTAGE, LOW TEMPERATURE, AND A HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENT. |
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| CHARRED AND BURNED TISSUE CREATED BY A HIGH-VOLTAGE CURRENT. |
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| IN ELECTRICITY, THE PERIODICITY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. |
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| A PROCESS OF TISSUE SURFACE DESTRUCTION USED IN ELECTROSURGERY. |
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| AN ALTERNATE NAME FOR THE PATIENT RETURN ELECTRODE. |
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| A SOLID CRYSTAL LASING MEDIUM THAT PENETRATES A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING RENAL AND BILIARY STONES AND SOFT TISSUE. |
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| AN ALTERNATE TERM FOR THE PATIENT RETURN ELECTRODE. |
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| ACRONYM FOR LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION. |
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| IN ELECTROSURGERY, A CONTINUOUS PATH OF ELECTRICITY THAT FLOWS FROM THE ELECTROSURGICAL UNIT TO THE ACTIVE ELECTRODE, THROUGH THE PATIENT AND THE RETURN ELECTRODE, BACK TO THE ELECTROSURGICAL UNIT. |
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| A SOLID LASING MEDIUM KNOWN FOR ITS ATTRACTION TO PROTEIN AND DEEP PENETRATION INTO TISSUE. |
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| THE QUALITY OF A SUBSTANCE THAT RESISTS THE TRANSFER OF ELECTRONS AND THEREFORE ELECTICAL CURRENT. |
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| THE DESTRICTION OF CATARACTS USING ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY. |
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| POTASSIUM-TITANYL-PHOSPHATE (KTP) |
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| A LOW-POWERED LASING MEDIUM THAT PRODUCES A VERY SMALL DIAMETER BEAM WELL-SUITED TO MICROSURGERY. |
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| ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY IN WHICH THE FREQUENCY IS IN THE AREA OF RADIO TRANSMISSION. IN ELECTROSURGERY, RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES ARE USED TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED SURGICAL EFFECT. |
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| THE RESTRICTION OF ELECTRON FLOW IN A DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUIT. |
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| TOXIC SMOKE EMITTED BY TISSUE DURING ELECTROSURGERY AND LASER SURGERY. |
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| AN ALTERNATE TERM FOR FULGURATION. |
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| HIGH-FREQUENCY ENERGY CREATED BY VIBRATION OR EXCITATION OF MOLECULES. THIS TYPE OF ENERGY DESTROYS TISSUE BY BREAKING MOLECULAR BONDS. |
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