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Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2018 Background: Many studies have shown the benefits of diathermy over scalpel for making skin incisions in terms of post operative pain and post operative analgesics requirement.
Diva Shrestha
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Intra-ocular diathermy forceps [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop intra-ocular diathermy forceps and test them on perfused porcine cadaver eyes. Methods: We designed two types of 23-gauge intra-ocular bipolar diathermy forceps by modifying commercially available ...
Kiliç, E. (Emine) +7 more
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Bone & Joint Research, 2023 Aims: Orthopaedic surgery uses many varied instruments with high-speed, high-impact, thermal energy and sometimes heavy instruments, all of which potentially result in aerosolization of contaminated blood, tissue, and bone, raising concerns for ...
Victoria Hamilton +7 more
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laser versus diathermy assisted inferior turbinoplasty [PDF]
Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2021 Introduction: When conservative medical treatment options fail in reduction of the inferior turbinate can be performed using various surgical techniques.These include turbinectomy, turbinoplasty, submucosal electrocautery, laser-assisted turbinoplasty ...
Mohamad Abdelbary +3 more
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Comparison of Diathermy and Coblation Tonsillectomy in Children
B-ENTObjective: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common operations in children. Although coblation and diathermy are common, their superiority to the classical cold curettage method is still controversial.
Erkan Aktan, Mazhar Çelikoyar
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Role of shortwave and microwave diathermy in peripheral neuropathy
Journal of International Medical Research, 2019 Objective This study was performed to review the current evidence for the efficacy of shortwave and microwave diathermy in promoting nerve regeneration after peripheral nerve injuries in both animal models and human patients.
Tengfei Fu +3 more
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A 9-year audit of the efficacy of diathermy for cystitis cystica
Urogynaecologia International Journal, 2019 The aim of this study was to assess whether cystoscopy with diathermy for cystitis cystica in patients with recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) is associated with decreased incidence of UTI.
Zhuoran Chen +3 more
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Prevalence of fatigue reported by physiotherapists operating diathermy equipment for microwave
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2014 Objective: To Analyze the association between prevalence of fatigue referred by physical therapists and their occupational exposure to radiation emitted by therapeutic microwave diathermy equipment.
Maria das Graças Anguera +1 more
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Diathermy smoke: a risk to perioperative practitioners? [PDF]
, 2014 The use of diathermy as a cautery device is common practice in perioperative environment, however issues relating to the health and safety of the smoke produced through the vaporisation of tissue may still not be recognised by practitioners.
Brown, Steven, Dunn, Lynda
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A prospective study comparing diathermy and steel scalpel in abdominal incisions
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014 Background: Diathermy is increasingly used for underlying tissue dissection, cutting, and hemostasis although fears of excessive scarring and poor wound healing have curtailed its widespread use for skin incision.
Bhupender Kadyan +4 more
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