| I am a new perioperative nurse who would like to know the difference between electrocautery and electrosurgery. |
| Our electrosurgery unit creates a controllable low power electrical current between an electrode and a plate held against the skin. |
| He transects the cystic duct and divides the cystic artery with electrosurgery before removing the gallbladder. |
| Surgical excision, dermabrasion, electrosurgery and cryosurgery may be curative. |
| The purposes of electrosurgery are to destroy benign and malignant lesions, control bleeding, and cut or excise tissue. |
| The major modalities in electrosurgery are electrodesiccation, fulguration, electrocoagulation, and electrosection. |
