TY - JOUR
T1 - Lateral heat production secondary to electrosurgical incisions
AU - Kalkwarf, Kenneth L.
AU - Krejci, Robert F.
AU - Edison, Allen R.
AU - Reinhardt, Richard A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by funds from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry Research Committee and University of Nebraska Medical Center Seed Grant 85-210-012. The animals involved in this study were procured, maintained, and used in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act of 1976 and the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” prepared by the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council, DHEW No. 78-33. *College of Dentistry. **College of Engineering.
PY - 1983/4
Y1 - 1983/4
N2 - Adverse healing responses, including necrosis of soft tissue and sequestration of alveolar bone, have been reported following the use of electrosurgery for intraoral incisions. These responses are usually attributed to excessive heat accumulation during the surgical procedure. The purpose of this investigation was to measure temperature changes in subadjacent connective tissue during intraoral electrosurgical incisions in palatal mucosa of miniature swine. Results indicate that single electrosurgical incisions should be accomplished at a speed of approximately 7 mm. per second and that successive incisions should be separated by a cooling interval of 8 to 10 seconds to avoid generation of heat sufficient to initiate an adverse healing response.
AB - Adverse healing responses, including necrosis of soft tissue and sequestration of alveolar bone, have been reported following the use of electrosurgery for intraoral incisions. These responses are usually attributed to excessive heat accumulation during the surgical procedure. The purpose of this investigation was to measure temperature changes in subadjacent connective tissue during intraoral electrosurgical incisions in palatal mucosa of miniature swine. Results indicate that single electrosurgical incisions should be accomplished at a speed of approximately 7 mm. per second and that successive incisions should be separated by a cooling interval of 8 to 10 seconds to avoid generation of heat sufficient to initiate an adverse healing response.
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U2 - 10.1016/0030-4220(83)90186-X
DO - 10.1016/0030-4220(83)90186-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 6574410
AN - SCOPUS:0020532968
SN - 0030-4220
VL - 55
SP - 344
EP - 348
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
IS - 4
ER -