PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of electrocautery on the reduction of pain in patellar non-resurfacing bilateral total knee arthroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 patients were enrolled into this study; all patients had undergone bilateral patellar non-resurfacing total knee arthoplasty at our hospital, between January 2007 to December 2008. Th...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of an electrocautery strategy with ovulation induction using recombinant follicle stimulating hormone in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Secondary and tertiary hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 168 patients with clomiphene citrate resistant polycystic ovary syndrome: 83 were allocated elec...

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) using surgical electrocautery is considered to be the gold standard procedure for treatment of uncomplicated cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. The objective current study was evaluate effectiveness safety Harmonic scalpel, an advanced laparoscopic technique when compared electrocautery. Methods: From June, 2021 through December 2022, a total 50 pati...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to compare use of hemostatic glues to conventional techniques of intraoperative hemostasis for tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. METHODS All published prospective controlled trials that compared hemostatic glues to conventional techniques of hemostasis were identified. We performed a meta-anal...

The number of off-pump coronary artery surgery procedures in high-risk patients such as renal failure, hepatic failure and in anticoagulant drug using patients is increasing. The associated co morbidity and repeated use of electrocautery in postoperative bleeding, caused a susceptibility of patients to pressure or electrocautery ulcers. During a period of three years, 1400 off-pump coronary art...

Aims: Surgical incisions have been performed by a scalpel for many years, and today the use of an alternative method, catheter incision, is increasing daily. This study aimed to evaluate the complications of use of electrocautery and scalpel in surgical incisions of the abdominal wall in hysterectomy surgery Materials and Methods: The present study is single-blind that was performed on 92 elig...

BACKGROUND Long-term effects of laparoscopic electrocautery of the ovaries are unknown. To study the long-term effects of laparoscopic electrocautery of the ovaries and gonadotrophins, we followed women with clomiphene-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) randomly allocated to one of these treatments until 8-12 years after their initial treatment. METHODS Between February 1998 and Octob...

The purpose of this meta-analysis and systematic review was to identify and assess whether circumferential electrocautery is useful for improving outcomes after primary total knee replacement(TKR). We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, SpringerLink, Web of Knowledge, OVID CINAHL, OVID EBM and Google Scholar and included articles published through January 2014. A total of 6 articles met the inclu...

INTRODUCTION Anterior knee pain following total knee arthroplasty is estimated to occur in 4-49% of patients. Some orthopedic surgeons use circumpatellar electrocautery (diathermy) to reduce the prevalence of postsurgical anterior knee pain; however, the extent of its use is unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY In April 2009, a postal questionnaire was sent to all 98 departments of orthopedic s...

A 39-year-old woman presented with symptoms of dyspnea. Ten years previously, she had received a tracheostomy because of the decision to not continue taking an anticonvulsant drug. Presently, chest computed tomography showed diffuse stenosis and focal web at the cervical trachea. We performed bronchoscopy and found a two-thirds reduction of the upper trachea due to the web-like fibrotic stenosi...