Surgical Diathermy

Diathermy in Medical and Surgical Practice

Surgical diathermy is not suitable for vascular tissue welding.

The possibility of using radiofrequency energy (RFE) to produce a sutureless anastomosis is attractive both to the military surgeon and on the grounds of cost and simplicity. To investigate this, fresh rabbit aorta was divided lengthways into 4 mm strips and apposed, intima-to-itima. A Valleylab Force 30 Electrosurgery machine supplied RFE at 500 kHz. The energy was applied using standard bipol...

Short-Wave Diathermy

A good estimate of the value and interest of this book would be for one to attempt to review the large volume of literature on the subject of the development and uses of shortwave diathermy, which the author has studiously done. He has gleaned the rapidly accumulating published work of the past decade, previous to which little or nothing was written on the subject. An extensive bibliography is ...

Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of surgical scalpel or diathermy in making abdominal skin incisions.

BACKGROUND Surgical scalpels are traditionally used to make skin incisions. Diathermy incisions on contrary are less popular among the surgeons. The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the effectiveness of both techniques and address the common fallacies about diathermy incisions. METHODS A literature search of MEDLINE and Cochrane databases was done, using the keywords diathermy, cold s...

RR922 - Evidence for exposure and harmful effects of diathermy plumes (surgical smoke) - Evidence based literature review

The methods used to dissect tissue and stem blood flow during surgery have changed as technology has developed. Lasers and electro-surgery have become commonplace, so that medical staff in the operating theatre are (potentially) increasingly exposed to the thermal decomposition products of tissues. Variations in ventilation systems and the presence or absence of local exhaust ventilation are li...