Breathe Easy—Smoke Evacuation Hotline News—12/99 Special Edition www.valleylabeducation.org
Properties of Electricity
Principles of Electrosurgery
Bipolar Electrosurgery
Monopolar Electrosurgery
Tissue Effects Change as You Modify the Waveform
Electrosurgical Tissue Effects
Grounded Electrosurgical Systems
Isolated Electrosurgical Systems
Patient Return Electrodes
Patient Return Electrode Monitoring Technology
Adaptive Technologies
Electrosurgery Safety Concerns During MIS
Capacitive Coupling During Endoscopy
Recommendations to Avoid Electrosurgical Patient Complications in MIS
Coated Electrodes
Argon-Enhanced Electrosurgery
Surgical Smoke
Spectral Content of Surgical Smoke
Smoke Evacuation Devices
AORN Recommended Practices for Electrosurgery
OR Safety Precautions
Bibliography
New products have been introduced to make smoke evacuation easier and more effective. Smoke evacuation devices can now be attached directly to a standard electrosurgical pencil.
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