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Argon plasma coagulation
Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) is an application of gas discharges in argon in electrosurgery, which is increasingly used especially in endoscopy. The major application fields are haemostasis, tissue devitalization and tissue reduction. This review describes the physics and technology of electrosurg...
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204117 |
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| author | Zenker, Matthias |
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| description | Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) is an application of gas discharges in argon in electrosurgery, which is increasingly used especially in endoscopy. The major application fields are haemostasis, tissue devitalization and tissue reduction. This review describes the physics and technology of electrosurgery and APC. Some characteristics of the argon discharge are shown and discussed, and thermal effects in biological tissue are described. Subsequently, examples of medical applications are given. |
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| spelling | pubmed-28315172010-03-04 Argon plasma coagulation Zenker, Matthias GMS Krankenhhyg Interdiszip Article Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) is an application of gas discharges in argon in electrosurgery, which is increasingly used especially in endoscopy. The major application fields are haemostasis, tissue devitalization and tissue reduction. This review describes the physics and technology of electrosurgery and APC. Some characteristics of the argon discharge are shown and discussed, and thermal effects in biological tissue are described. Subsequently, examples of medical applications are given. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2008-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2831517/ /pubmed/20204117 Text en Copyright © 2008 Zenker http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en). You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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| title | Argon plasma coagulation |
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| title_short | Argon plasma coagulation |
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| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204117 |
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