A new coated bipolar coagulator: technical note.
BACKGROUND
Sometimes charring or popping occurs and the bipolar blades get stuck to the vessel.


METHODS
The tips of one of the many commercially available bipolar forceps were coated in a striped manner with Teflon--50 micro in thickness.


RESULTS
The new bipolar coagulator coated with Teflon reduced the incidence of tissue sticking.


CONCLUSIONS
Experience with this instrument was still quite limited, but preliminary results were promising.
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
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D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D013499:Surface Properties; D013525:Surgical Instruments
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene