TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Power Sources in Surgery A1 - Deatrick, Kristopher B. A2 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2020 T2 - Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e AB - Modern surgery has been enhanced by powered instruments that have revolutionized the delicacy, precision, and accuracy of operations. Yet many people who use these implements every day have very little understanding of the technology behind them. Although a complete treatise on the 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. SN - PB - McGraw Hill LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171274086 ER -