This brief report highlights three cases of iatrogenic electrocautery burns with review of the relevant published literature. The aim is to prompt awareness among surgeons and theatre staff regarding this avoidable hazard associated with the equipment frequently used for the purpose of electrocautery. This may serve as a reminder to professionals to be cautious about the pitfalls that lead to s...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to retrospectively examine the postoperative pulmonary fistula as a complication after the use of either electrocautery or a harmonic scalpel without stapling devices. PATIENTS AND METHODS The subjects of this study consisted of 28 patients who received a segmentectomy for a pulmonary malignant tumor, 25 cases of lung cancer and 3 of metastatic lung tumor....

Abstract The debate about which surgical technique for tonsillectomy could be superior over another is continuous. Tonsillectomy techniques are classified into cold and hot procedures. In techniques, no heat used; they include dissection, guillotine, microdebrider, harmonic scalpel, cryosurgery. Hot electrocautery, coblation, radio frequency, laser. Egypt, the used methods dissection with elect...

BACKGROUND Electrocautery has been proven to be associated with prolonged serous drainage that might result in several complications in patients requiring axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer. We proposed that the Harmonic Focus might outperform electrocautery in axillary lymph node dissection, resulting in shorter operative times and reduced postoperative complications. PATIENTS ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) using surgical electrocautery is considered to be the gold standard procedure for the treatment of uncomplicated cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the Harmonic scalpel, an advanced laparoscopic technique associated with less thermal damage in LC, when co...

OBJECTIVE To compare the results between harmonics scalpel and electrocautery use in axillary dissection for carcinoma breast. STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Surgery, Services Hospital, Lahore, from December 2013 to June 2014. METHODOLOGY Eighty patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected and equally divided in two groups. ...

PURPOSE Introducing the relationship between the surgical instruments used in modified radical mastectomy and wound complications is important for preventing and decreasing complications. This prospective randomized trial was designed to assess the impact of scalpel, electrocautery, and ultrasonic dissector usage on wound complications and tissue damage. METHODS Eighty-two consecutive patient...

INTRODUCTION: Management of posthemorrhoidectomy pain remains a very unsatisfactory clinical dilemma. Compared with electrocautery and laser, the Harmonic Scalpel ® causes minimal lateral thermal injury during tissue dissection. PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to establish whether decreased lateral thermal injury translated into diminished posthemorrhoidectomy pain. METHODS: A prospective ran...

Five intact male group-raised Tosa dogs were diagnosed with transmissible venereal tumours. Surgical removal with electrocautery and a cryogun was conducted because the owner wanted to maintain the fertility of the dogs. The dogs were followed up for 12 months. The surgical wounds were completely healed by five to six weeks. The dogs remained fertile without complications or recurrences. To mai...

Although most of the recent attention regarding airway fires has focused on the intraoperative use of the laser, it is important to remember that electrocautery may also serve as a source of ignition during surgery involving the airway and/or oropharyngeal cavity. This subject is mentioned in only a handful of isolated reports in the recent literature (1-3). The following is, we believe, the fi...