UNLABELLED Electric devices enabling the maintenance of haemostasis during surgery have found application in modern thyroidectomy procedures. The haemostatic effect is associated with generation of heat, which apart from the intended result may bring about thermal tissue injury. The aim of the study was to determine the thermal spread around the active tip of electric devices in the operating f...

Electric devices enabling the maintenance of haemostasis during surgery have found application in modern thyroidectomy procedures. The haemostatic effect is associated with generation of heat, which apart from the intended result may bring about thermal tissue injury. the aim of the study was to determine the thermal spread around the active tip of electric devices in the operating field during...

IN recent years, various operative procedures have been described to bring the diathermy-treated choroid in apposition to the detached retina specially around retinal breaks. These operations may be divided into two groups: scleral shortening and sclero-choroidal introflexion. Scleral shortening was revived by Lindner (1933), whose operation is a modification of that of Muller (1903); this invo...