title: Wireless shortwave: A new coagulation procedure.
abstract: Wireless shortwave (27.12 MHz) was tested in controlling bleeding of surgical cuts on the ears of experimental rabbits and found to be effective and less traumatic in comparison with infrared and high-frequency diathermy, more common methods of coagulation. Twenty-eight rabbits were traumatized with small surgical incisions on their ears and were divided into groups of seven for surgical control, wireless shortwave, infrared and HF diathermy. Comparison was based on measurement of the area of divitalization, scar size and depth of necrosis. Results indicate that shortwave coagulation can be used effectively with less trauma and risk of sepsis than the other methods.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Surgeyr, Department of Surgery; Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology, King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Al-Khuwaitir
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: El-Hazmi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Mofleh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Tuwaijri