Did you know that you could suffer trauma during Laparoscopic Surgery?

Laparoscopic surgery is very popular today, especially for removing
uterine cysts, having a hysterectomy, appendectomy, splenectomy, liver
surgery, kidney surgery, etc.... However, it can harm you and the
surgeon will have no idea he or she is causing excess burning to your
organs or surrounding tissue. This trauma is known as stray energy
burns during laparoscopic procedures. A technology does exist that
absolutely eliminates the risk of a stray burn during surgery...it is
called active electrode monitoring or AEM. Please educate yourself and
your patients on this technology as it absolutely prevents and
eliminates the risk of unwanted and unnecessary damage to a patient
internally. Some patients who have been burned come back to the
hospital a week or so later experiencing great abdominal discomfort
with a fever and are not recovering the way they should be. Go to your
doctor immediately to be examined...you may have suffered from a stray
energy burn. Some patients have died depending on how severe the burns
were. What happens is a laparoscopic instrument is insulated along its
metal shaft. If this insulation is cut or nicked, the instrument can
spark during surgery causing excess thermal damage. Also, when this
happens the surgeon often has no idea it is happening. You see, this
is no fault of the surgeon ...nor is there anything wrong with the
surgeon's technique. It comes down to a flaw in the design of commonly
used laparoscopic instruments. This same unfortunate situation can
also happen if the instrument is a perfectly flawless instrument
without any cuts in the insulation. This is because of capacitive
coupling or the RF current. The shaft of the metal instrument will
show a purple corona around the shaft and this energy or corona is
basically escaping RF energy that can burn the patient. There is a
blind spot that the surgeon has due to the trocar (tube that is
inserted into the patient's abdomen for the instrument to be inserted
into for the procedure) blocking the surgeon's view. The surgeon only
sees the tip of the instrument on the monitor...but does not see the
entire shaft of the instrument located in the trocar. So, if a patient
is burned during surgery..the surgeon has no idea until the trocar is
removed. Most cases, the surgeon never knows...but the patient suffers
and has a longer recovery or can suffer from peritonitis if the damage
is severe enough. Eliminate the risk and educate yourself on active
electrode monitoring or AEM. It is the only technology that exists
currently to eliminate this risk of stray energy burns. Patient Safety
is key and Education is important when it comes to your body. Live
well and live long. Protect yourself and surgeons and hospitals can
also protect themselves from unwanted claims if something should go
wrong.

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