This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Amin Madani during the Postgraduate Course: The Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy (FUSE) on April 11 2018
Keyword(s): active electrode, adverse events, bipolar instruments, bleeding, Bovie, CBD, closed circuit, coag, coagulation, common bile duct, cytoreductive surgery, Debakey, dessication, dispersive electrode, dissection, electrocautery, electromagnetic, electrosurgical unit, energy devices, ESU, FES, fulguration, Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy, Fundamentals of Electrosurgery, FUSE, generator, hemostasis, hook, industry, kinetic energy, liver, monopolar, radiofrequency, radiofrequency electrosurgery, RF, spleen, thermal injury, thermal spread, tissue effect, vaporization, voltage
Types of surgical energy–51 sec
How does RF electrosurgery work?–1:18
What is cautery?–5:35
ESU–6:45
Monopolar vs bipolar instrumentation–14:05
Creating tissue effects–15:44
Vaporization & cutting–16:23
Fulguration–20:23