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Video Author: Munro M

Presented by Malcolm G Munro at the PG Course: Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE) held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Saturday, March 25, 2017 Keyword(s): active electrode, biploar, Bovie, cautery, coagulation, colon, dessication, dispersive electrode, electrosurgical unit, ESU, fulguration, generator, grounding pad, impedance, kinetic energy, monopolar, Ohms law, oscilloscope, […]

Posted on
03/25/2017
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Munro M
Video Institutions
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA--Los Angeles CA

Fundamental Principles: Principles Of Radiofrequency Electrosurgery

Presented by Malcolm G Munro at the PG Course: Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE) – Preparation and Refresher Course during the SAGES 2016 Annual Meeting.

Posted on
10/09/2016
Learning Themes
Professional / Economic
Sources
2016 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Munro M
Video Institutions
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA--Los Angeles CA, Kaiser Permanente LA Medical Center--Los Angeles CA

Presented by Malcom Munro, MD at the SAGES 2014 Meeting; Panel – FUSE, Fire and Fiasco – OR Safety 101 types of surgical energy–51 sec objectives–1:02 speaking the language–1:38 what is RF?–3:02 what is cautery?–3:37 watertower analogy–4:52 what does an ESU do?–6:38 isolated vs ground-ref Keyword(s): abdominal wall, acquired, active electrode, active electrode trauma, Agea […]

Posted on
01/22/2015
Video Categories
FUSE, Fire and Fiasco - OR Safety 101
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
2014 Annual Meeting, Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Munro M
Video Institutions
Kaiser Permanente--Los Angeles CA, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine--Los Angeles CA

PG Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE): Principles of Radiofrequency Electrosurgery

Malcolm Munro, MD disclosures–42 sec objectives–57 sec RF electrosurgery–2:26 cautery–2:57 ESUs–6:44 why use RF?–8:22 direct current–8:54 generator waveforms–9:57 tissue effects–19:29 citation–21:56 Keyword(s): bipolar, capacitive coupling, cautery, coagulation, dessication, direct current, electrosurgery, ESU, fulguration, grounding pad, impedence, monopolar, pacemaker, RF, thermal energy, vaporization

Posted on
04/02/2012
Video Categories
Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy PG Course, SAGES 2012 Meeting, Techniques and Research
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
2012 Annual Meeting, Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Munro M
Video Institutions
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA--Los Angeles CA, Kaiser Permanente LA Medical Center--Los Angeles CA

Fundamentals for the Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE): Fundamentals of Electro-Surgery – Part 1

Malcolm Munro, M.D. disclosures–35 sec objectives–40 sec goals–58 sec RF electrosurgery–1:48 cautery–2:19 fundamentals of RF electrosurgery–2:40 ESU–5:00 vaporization–12:31 citation–19:14 https://www.ncbi Keyword(s): active electrode, bipolar, cautery, dessication, dispersive electrode, ESU, fulguration, impedance, mechanical energy, monopolar, RF electrosurgery, thermal energy, thermal injury, thermal spread, vaporization

Posted on
10/25/2011
Video Categories
Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy PG Course, SAGES 2011 Meeting, Techniques and Research
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
2011 Annual Meeting, Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Munro M
Video Institutions
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA--Los Angeles CA, Kaiser Permanente LA Medical Center--Los Angeles CA

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