Historical aspects and perspectives of electrosurgery (literature review)

Authors

  • Petro Muzichenko
  • Viktor Cherniak
  • Yuriy Lankin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15674/0030-598720171124-127

Keywords:

electrosurgery, biophysics, electrotechnique, welding soft tissues

Abstract

The historical milestones of electrosurgery are reviewed. Traced many years through the creation and introduction of technolo­gies of surgical treatment of patients with the use of electricity from the time of its invention and the first devices to receive it with modern devices for use in electrosurgery. The authors noted a significant contribution of outstanding engineers work­ing in research and improve the use of electricity in the different sections of engineering and medicine. One of the outstand­ing geniuses end of IX – beginning of XX century was Nikola Tesla, who in 1891 published observations about the thermal effect during passage through the human body high frequency alternating currents obtained by generator constructed it. Tesla first demonstrated that high-frequency currents have irritating action, despite the great tension, and well tolerated by the hu­man body, while the current of similar strength, but lower fre­quency is detrimental to him. This discovery was a significant impetus for the development of electrosurgery. Based on the de­velopments of Nikola Tesla designed devices that are used in medicine today. The end of the twentieth century was marked undefined another discovery, which helped create a new trend in surgery — using electric medicine, sponsored by the genius of the twentieth century XI NAS of Ukraine Paton B. E. In the ar­ticle the positive factors electrosurgery, given its shortcomings, which are caused by lack of understanding of the impact of elec­tricity on the human body in general and cellular structures in the area of electricity. To address these problems should be involved in research specialists from different fields, including engineers, electrical engineers, biologists, biophysicists and doctors of various specialties.

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Muzichenko, P., Cherniak, V., & Lankin, Y. (2017). Historical aspects and perspectives of electrosurgery (literature review). ORTHOPAEDICS TRAUMATOLOGY and PROSTHETICS, (1), 124–127. https://doi.org/10.15674/0030-598720171124-127

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