APC and electrosurgical technology.ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH has created a system of instruments employed in Argon Plasma Coagulation Argon plasma coagulation or APC is a medical endoscopic procedure used primarily to control bleeding from certain lesions in the gastrointestinal tract, and also sometimes to debulk tumours in the case of patients for whom surgery is not recommended. (APC) surgery and electrosurgery electrosurgery /elec·tro·sur·gery/ (-ser´jer-e) surgery performed by electrical methods; the active electrode may be a needle, bulb, or disk.electrosur´gical e·lec·tro·sur·ger·y n. that can now also be used in ENT procedures. The equipment for APC surgery consists of an electrosurgical unit ([ERBOTOM ICC 350.sup.TM]), the plasma coagulation coagulation (kōăg'y  lā`shən), the collecting into a mass of minute particles of a solid dispersed throughout a liquid (a sol), usually followed by the precipitation or unit ([ERBE APC 300.sup.TM]) and a set of rigid and flexible applicators and flexible probes adapted to different indications. APC can be successfully utilized for the treatment of many clinical symptoms in ENT, allowing tissues to be safely and selectively coagulated or devitalized de·vi·tal·ized adj. Devoid of vitality or life, as a tooth with destroyed pulp. . It can be applied repeatedly, particularly in recurrent clinical syndromes, with minimal risk of injury to healthy tissue. |
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