Bipolar Electrosurgical Generator
Bipolar Generator · Bipolar Unit · Bipolar Diathermy Unit · Bipolar Coagulator · Malis · Malis Bipolar Generator · Bipolar ESU
A separate electrosurgeryee-LEK-troh-SUR-jer-eeUsing high-frequency electric current through a handheld tool to cut tissue or seal bleeding vessels during surgery.Full entry box that runs only bipolarby-POH-lerHaving two poles or two opposite ends; most often used as a short form of bipolar disorder.bi- twopolar having polesFull entry instruments, with its own foot pedal. Some have a built-in irrigationeer-ih-GAY-shunWashing out a wound, body cavity, tube or eye with a steady flow of liquid.Full entry system for saline, and some (like the Malis) have separate controls for bipolar cut and bipolar coag.
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What it’s for
Used in neurosurgery and other delicate surgery (brain and spinal cord) to stop bleeding with bipolarby-POH-lerHaving two poles or two opposite ends; most often used as a short form of bipolar disorder.bi- twopolar having polesFull entry forcepsFOR-sepsA hand instrument with two blades or arms used to grasp, hold or pull tissue or objects.Full entry close to the duraDOOR-uhThe tough outer layer of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.Full entry , nerves and vessels, where monopolar current would be dangerous. It can seal vessels from the tiny to as large as the superficial temporal artery and can be used to dissectdy-SEKT, or dih-SEKTTo cut apart or separate tissues carefully during surgery.Full entry brain tissue. Often set up alongside a regular monopolar electrosurgeryee-LEK-troh-SUR-jer-eeUsing high-frequency electric current through a handheld tool to cut tissue or seal bleeding vessels during surgery.Full entry (two units in the room).
Lengths and variants
Stand-alone bipolarby-POH-lerHaving two poles or two opposite ends; most often used as a short form of bipolar disorder.bi- twopolar having polesFull entry generators such as the Codman Malis CMC series; many ORs instead run bipolar forcepsFOR-sepsA hand instrument with two blades or arms used to grasp, hold or pull tissue or objects.Full entry from the bipolar output of the main electrosurgeryee-LEK-troh-SUR-jer-eeUsing high-frequency electric current through a handheld tool to cut tissue or seal bleeding vessels during surgery.Full entry .
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4 sources
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 21 (Neurosurgery), Fig. 21.40, p. 786
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 24 (Neurologic Surgery), p. 661
- Codman Surgical Instruments Catalog (Surgical Holdings). Coagulators, Bipolar, p. N-28
- somatechnology.com
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