RT Book, Section
A1 Deatrick, K. Barrett
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105484201
T1 Power Sources in Surgery
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071792110
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105484201
RD 2024/04/20
AB Modern  surgery  has  been  redefined  by  powered  instruments,  technological  tools  that  in  many  ways  have  revolutionized  the  delicacy,  precision,  and  accuracy  of  the  various  operations  performed.  Yet  many  people  who  use  these  implements  every  day  have  very  little  understanding  of  the  technology  behind  these  tools.  Although  a  complete  treatise  on  electromagnetic  generation  of  heat  and  the  physics  of  current  generation  are  beyond  the  scope  of  this  chapter  (and  are  available  elsewhere),  understanding  some  fundamental  rules  governing  the  behavior  of  electrical  currents  and  some  relatively  straightforward  principles  helps  guide  the  use  of  these  technologies.