Perioperative patient care: the nursing perspective - books.google.com/books?isbn=086720642X...
Julia A. Kneedler, Gwen H. Dodge - 1994 - Medical - 419 pages
***With monopolar electrocautery, safe completion of the electrical circuit requires that a ground-dispersion plate or pad be in contact with the patient's skin*** (Fig. ...

Surgical Management of the Patient with an Implanted Cardiac Device
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › ... › Ann Surg › v.230(5); Nov 1999
JD Madigan - 1999 -
This type of EMI can be generated by electrocautery and defibrillation. ... through the body, and returns to the generator through a ***dispersing ground plate***. ...

Dental FAQ
www.macanengineering.com/faq/faq.htm
Cautery is the application of external heat to tissue to induce a controlled third ... No separate ***dispersive plate or pad*** is used and the cable from the bipolar hand ...

Hyfrecation
www.ebme.co.uk/arts/hyfrecation/
... of sebaceous gland disorders, electrocautery of bleeding, epilation, destruction of small ... Under these circumstances the ***dispersive plate*** is connected to the ...

Electrosurgery Book 4.indd
www.megadyne.com/pdf/Electrosurgery1.pdf
PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
tissue effect takes place at a single active electrode and is dispersed (circuit completed) by a ... ***The terms electrocautery and electrosurgery are frequently used*** ...


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elektrokauter | Gyldendal - Den Store Danske
www.denstoredanske.dk/...jura.../elektrokauter
(af gr. elektro- + kauter brændejern), inden for medicin elektrisk glødejern, som har været brugt terapeutisk og til blodstandsning ved operationer.


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not sure whether this is of any help but the term in German for "ground-dispersion plate or pad" is "Erdungsplatte":

Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin in Herz-, Thorax- und Gefässchirurgie -
books.google.com/books?isbn=354021481X...
Reinhard Larsen - 2005 - Medical - 444 pages
***Die Erdungsplatte des Elektrokauters*** sollte aus Sicherheitsgründen soweit wie möglich von der Schrittmacherbatterie entfernt angebracht werden. ...

Tiefe Hirnstimulation -
books.google.com/books?isbn=3798514127...
Joachim K. Krauss, J. Volkmann - 2004 - Medical - 432 pages
***Die Verwendung eines Elektrokauters im Rahmen einer Operation kann den ... sollte darauf geachtet werden, dass die Erdungsplatte*** in möglichst großem ...


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diatermi | Gyldendal - Den Store Danske
www.denstoredanske.dk/Krop...og.../diatermi
diatermi, (af dia- og gr. therme 'varme'), medicinsk varmebehandling, som foregår ved anvendelse af elektromagnetiske bølger, se kortbølgebehandling og varmebehandling.



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additional references on "dispersive patient return plate or pad (return electrode)" and "diathermy resection (electrocautery)":

Surgical Diathermy
www.gosh.nhs.uk › Health professionals › Clinical guidelines
Bipolar diathermy does not require a dispersive electrode (patient return pad) ... A new dispersive plate should be used if repositioning is required (Rationale 18) ...

Hyfrecation
www.ebme.co.uk/arts/hyfrecation/
Finally, the Hyfrecator may be used in conjunction with a ***dispersive patient return electrode plate***. Under these circumstances the dispersive plate is connected ...

Valleylab Force FX periodic testing • Electrosurgery The passage of ...
www.cmia.org/images/valleyviewfx.pdf
PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Patient Return Electrode (PRE): A conductive plate or pad. (dispersive electrode) that recovers the therapeutic current from the patient during electrosurgery, ...

Modern colposcopy: textbook and atlas - books.google.com/books?isbn=0787264679...
Daron G. Ferris - 2004 - Medical - 699 pages
The larger the electrode contact area, the more current is required to produce the ... must leave the lesion and return through the patient to the dispersive plate. ...

Electrosurgery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrosurgery
In monopolar configuration the patient is attached to the return electrode, .... and the return electrode or pad (also known as dispersive pad or patient plate). ...

Guidelines for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs ...
www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/.../Product...A.../index....
29 Oct 2010 – Using surgical diathermy/electrocautery on patients with an implantable pacemaker or (ICD) can present additional risk of electrical ...

Electrocautery/diathermy for malignant endobronchial obstruction
guidance.nice.org.uk/IP/330
30 Mar 2010 – Find guidance... NICE guidance by type... Interventional procedures ... Electrocautery/diathermy for malignant endobronchial obstruction ...

Endobronchial electrocautery
www.uptodate.com/contents/endobronchial-electrocautery
6 Oct 2009 – The technique of endobronchial electrocautery, also referred to as electrofulguration, diathermy, electrocoagulation, thermocoagulation, ...

Diathermy resection (electrocautery) - Subject index - Patients ...
www.healthtalkonline.org/cancer/Lung_Cancer/.../electrocaut...
Lung Cancer - Radiotherapy Lung Cancer - Chemotherapy Diathermy resection ( electrocautery) Cryosurgery (cryotherapy) and side effects. Pleural effusion and ...

Diathermy resection (electrocautery) - Lung cancer, lung cancer ...
www.healthtalkonline.org/cancer/Lung_Cancer/Topic/1290/
watch videos of people's experiences of diathermy resection. In about 30% of patients with inoperable lung cancer the tumour blocks one of the larger airways, ...