THE POCKET "RESERVOIR" CAUTERY.

Effectiveness of vasectomy using cautery

BACKGROUND Little evidence supports the use of any one vas occlusion method. Data from a number of studies now suggest that there are differences in effectiveness among different occlusion methods. The main objectives of this study were to estimate the effectiveness of vasectomy by cautery and to describe the trends in sperm counts after cautery vasectomy. Other objectives were to estimate time...

Remarks on the Electric Cautery with Cases

or some other small animal is shared, and utider the skin, to a depth of half an inch* two platinum needles are introduced. These electrodes are then connected with the opposite poles of an ordinary Bunseh's battery of 12 elements. Instantly a very fine crepitation is heard, and a froth is formed round the two electrodes where they pierce the skin, by the escape of very small bubbles of gas. At...

The Actual Cautery in Secondary Hæmorrhage

Nonslip Breast Retractors with Cautery Tip Cleaners

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...

Neuroprotection due to irrigation during bipolar cautery.

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...