Two-Point or Interpolar Coagulation

Abstract

Interpolar coagulation i.e. coagulation with an absence of electrical connection to the patient and a concentration of current which flows only between the tips of the forceps is said to have greater surgical value than presently recognized. Aside from general coagulation the following indications for this procedure (with a new instrument pictured in the text) are: bloodless cortical incisions coagulation of spinal and brain stem surface vessels and production of widespread coagulation throughout a vascular tumor by plunging the instruments blade into the tumor.