RADIOWAVES IN PROCTOLOGY- A NEW APPROACH

AUTORES: PRAVIN J GUPTA GUPTA NURSING HOME

Antecedentes: Background-Advances in technology continue at a rapid pace affecting several aspects of life; medicine is no exception. Electrosurgery has been used for many decades in medicine. Radiowave is a further refinement of electosurgery. Radiowaves produces ultra-high frequency waves that cause heat in the tissue water, producing steam, with which one can perform cutting, coagulation and fulguration of tissues with minimum collateral tissue damage. As the radiowave energy is applied, frictional heating of tissues results, with cell death occurring at temperatures between 38 and 700 C .

Objetivo: To find out the efficacy of radiowave surgery.

Lugar de aplicación: Patients from the hospital.

Diseño: Patients were operated either under local or general anesthesia.

Población: Over 9300 patients operated till date with this technique.

Método: Materials and Methods- This paper discusses author's personal experience of using radiowave for various ano-rectal pathologies namely hemorrhoids, anal fistula, anal polyps, sinuses and anal papillae. A Ellman radiowave generator was used for carrying out the procedures.

Resultados: Results- The radiowave was able to tackle most of the above-mentioned pathologies successfully.

Conclusiones: Conclusion- Radiowave is a relatively new modality that is being used for ano-rectal surgeries with increasing frequency. Proctological surgeries using a radiowave device are simple to perform with many advantages over the most conventional techniques.