title: Use of electrosurgery in the perioperative setting.
abstract: The concept of using heat to stop bleeding goes back hundreds of years. Researchers have constructed a variety of devices that used electricity as a means to heat tissue and control bleeding. Electrosurgery became widely used in the late 1920s because of the urgent need to safely control bleeding in operative procedures. This article will cover basics of electricity and electrosurgery, clinical applications, technologies, and nursing care during electrosurgery.
authors.affiliation: Valleylab Institute of Clinical Education, Boulder, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Brenda C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Ulmer
mesh_terms: D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004598:Electrosurgery; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care