Common myths about electrosurgery
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Zinder, Daniel J.
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2000
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2000
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Sage Publications
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Abstract
The electrosurgery device market is lucrative and highly competitive. Several device manufacturers exist, and many creative techniques are used to differentiate products. Some device manufacturers make claims in marketing campaigns that are difficult to reconcile with the laws of physics or basic physiology. The variety of claims may be confusing to surgeons desiring to purchase new electrosurgical products. Understanding a few basic principles of electrosurgery physics can allow a surgeon to be a more informed consumer of electrosurgical products. This article discusses the basic physics of electrosurgery and then addresses several common misconceptions about electrosurgery and electrosurgical devices.
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The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.1067/mhn.2000.109758
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Naval Postgraduate School
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6 p.
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Zinder, Daniel J. "Common myths about electrosurgery." Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 123.4 (2000): 450-455.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.