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Descriptor English:   Electrocoagulation 
Descriptor Spanish:   Electrocoagulación 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Eletrocoagulação 
Synonyms English:   Diathermy, Surgical
Electrocautery
Endocavitary Fulguration
Fulguration, Endocavitary
Galvanocautery
Surgical Diathermy
Thermocoagulation  
Tree Number:   E02.154.402
E04.014.170.402
Definition English:   Procedures using an electrically heated wire or scalpel to treat hemorrhage (e.g., bleeding ulcers) and to ablate tumors, mucosal lesions, and refractory arrhythmias. It is different from ELECTROSURGERY which is used more for cutting tissue than destroying and in which the patient is part of the electric circuit. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coordinate with organ or disease /surg
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ES ethics
HI history IS instrumentation
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends VE veterinary
Record Number:   4636 
Unique Identifier:   D004564 

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