Disease relevance of Diathermy

• Mannitol proved an acceptable preparation for colonoscopies but a fall in body weight, blood pressure and plasma volume posed a small risk to the elderly subject and in view of the known risks of mannitol during diathermy this form of preparation was not considered a suitable alternative to isotonic saline [1].
• Ten rats with endometriosis were treated with microsurgical excision of implants, 10 with high-frequency diathermy, 10 with danazol, and 10 with intraperitoneal indomethacin [2].
• Venous embolism of diathermy evolved gases complicating endometrial ablation using glycine irrigant [3].
• Tubal occlusion is an effective method of female sterilisation but if failure should occur ectopic pregnancies are more likely if tubal diathermy, and less likely if Fallope rings or Filshie clips have been used for the original sterilisation procedure [4].

High impact information on Diathermy

• The frequency of late sequelae in 454 patients sterilised by laparoscopy and diathermy or by abdominal tubal ligation was compared with that in 154 controls whose husbands had had a vasectomy [5].
• Metformin administration versus laparoscopic ovarian diathermy in clomiphene citrate-resistant women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a prospective parallel randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial [6].
• DBS and diathermy interaction induces severe CNS damage [7].
• METHODS: One hundred patients requiring elective midline laparotomy were randomized prospectively to either scalpel or diathermy incision [8].
• Pseudoinvasion of vascular spaces: report of an artifact caused by cervical lidocaine injection prior to loop diathermy [9].

Biological context of Diathermy

• At present, it is unclear what the role is of laparoscopic ovarian diathermy (LOD) and of metformin administration as second-line treatments for ovulation induction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) after failure of clomiphene citrate (CC) treatment [6].
• Four women with PCOS whose anovulation was successfully treated with laparoscopic ovarian diathermy (LOD) underwent repeat venous sampling following LOD [10].
• An increase of mean arterial blood pressure of 30-40 mm Hg in the rat over the first 2 hours after diathermy of the middle cerebral artery prevented the 100% rise in hemisphere lactate seen in normotensive control animals [11].
• A variety of endoscopic methods such as dilation, with or without resection using diathermy, cryotherapy, or laser, or steroid injection are certainly helpful in the early phases of wound healing while granulation tissue is still present or while the scar tissue is still soft and pliable [12].

Anatomical context of Diathermy

• The procedure involves the use of cutting loop diathermy to resect the endometrium while the uterine cavity is irrigated with 1.5% glycine which can absorb consequent fluid and electrolyte shifts [13].
• Vascular damage is described in the myometrium adjacent to areas of previous tubal diathermy for sterilisation [14].

Associations of Diathermy with chemical compounds

• Treatment by parenteral administration of broad-spectrum antibotics and diathermy excision has produced satisfactory results [15].
• Influence of oral mannitol bowel preparation on colonic microflora and the risk of explosion during endoscopic diathermy [16].
• Epodyl is used best as an adjunct to transurethral resection or diathermy of T1 bladder lesions [17].
• CONCLUSIONS: This economic evaluation shows that treating women with clomiphene-resistant polycystic ovarian syndrome with laparoscopic ovarian diathermy results in a significant reduction in both direct and indirect costs [18].
• A comparative evaluation of the biochemical damage observed after tissue injury by high-power CO2 laser, scalpel, and electrical diathermy has been made in rabbits [19].

Gene context of Diathermy

• Their performance was measured in terms of time, errors and economy of movement, as well as the duration and accuracy of diathermy in Task 3 [20].
• Of these women, 15 had previously undergone laparoscopic ovarian diathermy before IVF (group A, total 22 cycles) and 16 had not had surgical treatment (group B, total 24 cycles) [21].
• As a neurosurgeon, Foerster was able to excise intraventricular, hypophyseal, and quadrigeminal lesions and to perform epilepsy surgery under primitive conditions without clips, diathermy, or suction [22].
• The experimental results have shown that the initial MBF response is characterized by a "critical temperature" behavior such that rapid increases in MBF occur for tissues above approximately 42C when diathermy power is sufficient [23].
• The delivery system (GIP MedicinTechnik GmbH/Medi-Globe Corporation) consists of a handle part with a piston, a metal ring sheath, a plastic catheter with a diathermy needle and a double pigtail endoprosthesis (8.5 Fr) [24].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Diathermy

• Isotonic mannitol and the prevention of local heat generation and tissue adherence to bipolar diathermy forceps tips during electrical coagulation. Technical note [25].
• SETTING: The Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. METHODS: Radiofrequency diathermy capsulorhexis to the anterior capsule followed by injection of sodium hyaluronate behind the posterior capsule and primary posterior capsule diathermy capsulorhexis were performed in 14 eyes of 7 children requiring cataract surgery [26].
• The most commonly used female sterilization procedure was laparoscopic tubal diathermy [27].
• CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic ovarian diathermy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome may result in a decrease in ovarian stromal blood flow velocity [28].
• Titanium retinal tacks are useful when immediate retinal fixation is required either temporarily or permanently to prevent retraction and detachment of the retina until adjunctive diathermy, cryopexy, or photocoagulation becomes effective [29].

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