Evaluation of Electroscope Electroshield System.
Hospitals have used a number of approaches to managing the risks of serious complications during laparoscopic monopolar electrosurgery: implementing clinician credentialing policies, considering the interaction of the primary equipment selected for laparoscopy, and introducing an accessory safety device--the Electroscope Electroshield System, which we evaluate here--to reduce the effects of high leakage currents originating on the shaft of the active electrode. We evaluated only the monopolar electrode shielding feature of the device.
D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D004566:Electrodes; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011482:Protective Devices; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical