The Effect of Electrosurgery on Tissue
According to recent literature, electrosurgery is used for cutting and coagulating tissue in eight out of ten (80%) surgeries performed today.1 In fact, the use of electrosurgery is so common in [...]
Monopolar Electrosurgery vs. Bipolar Electrosurgery
Electrosurgery makes use of high-frequency electrical current to cut, coagulate, desiccate, and fulgurate tissue and can be performed using either monopolar or bipolar-energy in conjunction with [...]
Bovie, Cautery and Electrosurgery Shouldn’t Be Confusing
Electrosurgery has been around since 1926, when William T. Bovie, a Harvard PhD first introduced the technique to a colleague who had previously been unsuccessful in removing a tumor from a [...]
Seven Uses of a High Frequency Desiccator Device
More than eighty years ago, Dr. William Bovie invented a device that generated electrical current for use in surgery. Since then, Bovie, the company has used the science behind his [...]
9 Safety Precautions for Electrosurgery
Electrosurgical units are one of the most common pieces of electrical equipment in an operating room. Although injury from inadvertent energy transfer isn’t frequent, it does happen, so it’s [...]
Bovie and Pacemaker: What You Need to Know
It has been reported that at least 80% of all surgical procedures performed involve electrosurgery units (ESUs). The Bovie Electrosurgery Generator is used to cut or coagulate tissue using [...]
