background facial telangiectasias are superficial cutaneous vessels that can result in noticeable aesthetical imperfections. this study presents a technique for the removal of facial telangiectasias using hand cautery. methods twenty-five patients with facial telangiectasias were treated using hand cautery (medicell inc, athens, greece) during 2009-2013. photo documentation was performed for ea...

BACKGROUND Facial telangiectasias are superficial cutaneous vessels that can result in noticeable aesthetical imperfections. This study presents a technique for the removal of facial telangiectasias using hand cautery. METHODS Twenty-five patients with facial telangiectasias were treated using hand cautery (Medicell Inc, Athens, Greece) during 2009-2013. Photo documentation was performed fo...

Diathermy entails the implementation of high-frequency electrical currents to produce heat and either make incisions or induce coagulation. Monopolar cautery involves disposable cautery pencils and electrosurgical diathermy units. In typical monopolar cautery, an electrical plate is placed on the patient's skin and acts as an electrode, while the current passes between the instrument and the pl...

BACKGROUND Facial telangiectasias are superficial cutaneous vessels that can result in noticeable aesthetical imperfections. This study presents a technique for the removal of facial telangiectasias using hand cautery. METHODS Twenty-five patients with facial telangiectasias were treated using hand cautery (Medicell Inc, Athens, Greece) during 2009-2013. Photo documentation was performed for ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of intraturbinate monopolar cautery, bipolar cautery, high frequency monopolar and high frequency bipolar cautery in inferior turbinate hypertrophy. STUDY DESIGN Prospective randomized single blinded clinical study METHOD The study comprised of 80 patients divided in 4 groups each of 20 patients who underwent monopolar cautery, Bipolar cautery, high frequen...

BACKGROUND Simple ligation of the vas with suture material and excision of a small vas segment is believed to be the most common vasectomy occlusion technique performed in low-resource settings. Ligation and excision (LE) is associated with a risk of occlusion and contraceptive failure which can be reduced by performing fascial interposition (FI) along with LE. Combining FI with intra luminal t...

OBJECTIVE To test whether irrigation during bipolar cautery confers thermoprotection from neuronal injury. DESIGN A rat animal model (15 rats for each treatment group) was used to test the thermoprotective effects of irrigation during bipolar cautery. In this model, the sciatic nerve was exposed, and a 1-second stimulus was applied using bipolar cautery forceps at 40 or 20 W placed directly o...

Fig. 1. Epstein breast retractor (ASSI, with permission from Accurate Surgical & Scientific Instruments Co. [1]). Fig. 2. Composition of cautery tip cleaners (Xodus). retraction of slippery muscle tissue by stainless steel retractors can be a hindrance during surgery. To overcome this situation, breast retractors with toothed ends are made and sold (Fig. 1) [1, 2]. However, they are not produce...

Recently while doing cataract surgery, I saw a visiting student wandering across our theatre unaware that he was trailing flames from his gown. Deserting my patient, I beat on the back of the unsuspecting student with my surgically gloved hands (!) to put out the flames. The student was not harmed except for a hole in his gown, though my hands were a bit scorched, and the seeds of this article ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcome of children with anterior epistaxis treated intraoperatively with either bipolar electrocautery or silver nitrate chemical cautery. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Tertiary-care pediatric otolaryngology practice. SUBJECTS Children aged 2 to 18 years treated with either intraoperative bipolar electrocautery or silver nitrate chemical cau...