Electro surgery is a process of tissue cutting and coagulation that utilizes high frequency electric current. This effect is due to the heat that is generated through the electrical resistance of tissue when the current is produced by high frequency.

Application Of ESU

	Lower Power-Under 30 Watts
	Nurosurgery (both Monopoalr and Bipolar)
	Laproscopic sterilization (both Monopoalr and Bipolar)
	Vasectomies
	Dermatology
	Oral Surgery
	Plastic Surgery

	Medium Power- COAG 30 to 70 Watts, cut 30 to 150 Watts
	General Surgery
	Laparotomise
	Head and neck surgery(ENT)
	Major Orthopadic surgery
	Major Vascular Suregry
	Routine Thoracic surgery
	Polypectomy

	High Power- COAG over 70 Watts, cut over 150 Watts
	Transurethral Reactions (Cut 120-300 Watts, COAG 50-120 Watts, depending on the thickness of the resection loop and technique of the surgeon)
	Thoracotomise (Heavy Fulguration, 70-120 watts)
	Ablative Cancer Surgery, mastectomise etc. (180-300 watts- Cut, 70 to 120 watts-COAG)