Electrosurgery Overview

Electrosurgery is the application of a high-frequency electric current to human tissue as a means to remove lesions, staunch bleeding, or cut tissue. Electrosurgery can be used to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate tissue. . Its benefits include the ability to make precise cuts with limited blood loss. In electrosurgerical procedures, the tissue is burned by an electrical current. Although electrosurgical devices may be used for the cauterization of tissue...