electrocoagulation

Preferred Label : electrocoagulation;

MeSH definition : Procedures using an electrically heated wire or scalpel to treat hemorrhage (e.g., bleeding ulcers) and to ablate tumors, mucosal lesions, and refractory arrhythmias. It is different from ELECTROSURGERY which is used more for cutting tissue than destroying and in which the patient is part of the electric circuit.;

MeSH synonym : fulguration, endocavitary; electrocautery; thermocoagulation; galvanocautery; surgical diathermy; diathermy, surgical; endocavitary fulguration;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with organ or disease /surg; DF: ELECTROCOAG; coordinate with organ or disease /surg;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocoagulation;

Details

Origin ID

D004564;

UMLS CUI

C0013804;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Electrocauterisation [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Electrocauterization [NCIt concept]
- Electrocauterization [MedDRA LLT]
- Electrocautery - action (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Electrocautery operation (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Galvanocauterisation [MedDRA LLT]
- Galvanocauterization [MedDRA LLT]
- Galvanocauterization (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Thermocoagulation [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Thermocoagulation (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- galvanocauterization [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Diathermy - surgical (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Electrocoagulation [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Electrocoagulation (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- electrocoagulation [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- electrocoagulation [MeSH concept]
See also
- cautery [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Diathermy - surgical (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Electrocauterisation [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Electrocauterization [MedDRA LLT]
- Electrocauterization [NCIt concept]
- Electrocautery - action (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Electrocautery operation (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Electrocoagulation [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Electrocoagulation (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Electrocoagulation - action (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fulguration [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Fulguration [NCIt concept]
- Fulguration (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Galvanocauterisation [MedDRA LLT]
- Galvanocauterization [MedDRA LLT]
- Galvanocauterization (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Thermocoagulation [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Thermocoagulation (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- destruction of lesion or structure by electrocautery, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- electrocoagulation [SNOMED Notion]
- galvanocauterization [SNOMED Notion]

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