April 9, 2012 — A meta-analysis comparing cutting diathermy with scalpel incisions reveals no difference in wound complications or postoperative pain, according to a study published online February 24 ...

Indications for tonsillectomy include recurrent acute or chronic tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess and pharyngeal obstruction/obstructive sleep apnoea. Life ...

Diathermy is a treatment option that uses energy sources to deep-heat areas of your body. Rather than a heat source, diathermy uses sources like sound and electricity, which are converted into heat by ...

The electrical devices that are used to cauterise tissue during surgical operations cause plumes of smoke to arise as intense heat is applied to flesh. Research has shown that these fumes - known as ...

Medical diathermy has been defined as the therapeutic use of heat generated in body tissues by a high-frequency current that has insufficient local intensity to produce temperatures high enough to ...

Diathermy, a technology with roots stretching back to the late 1800s, could offer significant benefits to legions of chronic pain and arthritis patients as well as athletes with sore muscles. Brian ...

Medical and behavioral strategies fail to relieve the symptoms of many men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). As a result, tens of thousands of transurethral resections (TURPs) are performed ...

You might have diathermy treatment if your cancer is blocking an airway and making it difficult for you to breathe. The treatment helps you to breathe more easily afterwards. You might have diathermy ...