Electrosurgery includes;

Electrofulguration (results in sparks)

Electrodesiccation (dehydration of superficial tissue)

Electrocoagulation (cause bleeding blood vessels to clot)

Electrosection (cut through tissue)


Thermocautery: Radiofrequency devices (very high frequency, for cutting [>1,500kHz])

Electrosurgery may be monoterminal, monopolar or bipolar.

Note: The term electrocautery is most often used in reference to a device in which a direct current is used to heat the cautery probe, therefore no current flows through the patient.

 

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