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...

OBJECTIVE To determine the Sunderland classification of a bipolar electrocautery injury. METHODS Twenty-two rats received crush (a reproducible Sunderland second-degree injury) or bipolar electrocautery injury and were evaluated for functional, histomorphometric, and immunohistochemical recovery at 21 or 42 days. Animal experiments were performed between July 3 and December 12, 2007. Axonal r...

Objective: To compare between electrocautery and fibrin sealant hemostasis in rats after partial hepatectomy. Methods: we used 24 Wistar rats, which were submitted to 30% hepatic resection, divided into two groups of 12 animals each: Group Electrocautery and Group Tachosil®. These animals were evaluated after three and 14 days. We assessed the presence of complications, laboratory tests and his...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of electrocautery on the reduction of pain in patellar non-resurfacing bilateral total knee arthroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 patients were enrolled into this study; all patients had undergone bilateral patellar non-resurfacing total knee arthoplasty at our hospital, between January 2007 to December 2008. Th...

Duroc sows farrowed second litters in March and lactated 35 +/- 2 days. At 36 hr before weaning, electrocautery of follicles greater than or equal to 3 mm in diameter (n = 8) or sham surgery (n = 5) was performed to test the hypothesis that ablation of medium-sized follicles would prolong the duration of postweaning anestrus. Number of follicles and diameters at surgery were: 1.3 +/- .6 (greate...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of an electrocautery strategy with ovulation induction using recombinant follicle stimulating hormone in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Secondary and tertiary hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 168 patients with clomiphene citrate resistant polycystic ovary syndrome: 83 were allocated elec...

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) using surgical electrocautery is considered to be the gold standard procedure for treatment of uncomplicated cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. The objective current study was evaluate effectiveness safety Harmonic scalpel, an advanced laparoscopic technique when compared electrocautery. Methods: From June, 2021 through December 2022, a total 50 pati...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate fertility and menstrual pattern in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) 15-25 years after ovarian wedge resection (OWR). METHODS AND RESULTS The diagnosis was based on the combination of ovarian pathology and symptoms. The 149 patients, all primarily treated at a university teaching hospital, were studied three times by means of a ques...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to compare use of hemostatic glues to conventional techniques of intraoperative hemostasis for tonsillectomy. STUDY DESIGN A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. METHODS All published prospective controlled trials that compared hemostatic glues to conventional techniques of hemostasis were identified. We performed a meta-anal...