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A new high-quality device has appeared in the Sumy Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary, which will help surgeons perform operations. The modern device EK-300M1 (high-frequency electrocoagulator) is designed to connect and dissect soft biological tissues of a person during surgery. Currently, such a device is the only one in the region.
Leading oncologic surgeons of the regional clinical oncologic dispensary were presented with the EK-300M1 by representatives of the Kyiv Institute of Electric Welding named after E.O. Paton, on the basis of which, in close cooperation with the international association "Welding", this medical treatment technology was developed and tested.
The institute's specialists spoke in detail about the operating features of the EK-300M1 device, showed tool kits (basic and specialized), and noted the advantages and disadvantages of the device.
The principle of operation of the new device is the effect of high-frequency current, which is supplied in a certain modulation at a temperature of 40 to 70 degrees Celsius on soft tissues. The EK-300M1 device partially disrupts the structure of biological membranes, and under the influence of the device, protein coagulation occurs. As a result, proteins lose their globular structure (a peculiar process of unwinding and gluing occurs), which allows for bloodless dissection and seamless tissue connection.
The use of the new device will significantly reduce blood loss during tumor removal surgery, shorten the time of surgical intervention, minimize thermal and mechanical damage to tissues, due to which living cells are not damaged, and the process of tissue recovery after surgery occurs faster, in addition, the functionality of the affected organ is preserved.
The scope of application of the EK-300M1 device is quite wide: chest surgery, urology, gynecology, traumatology, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, as well as operations on parenchymatous organs (liver, spleen, endocrine glands, brain, etc.).
The EK-300M1 has a wide range of algorithms and operating parameters, depending on the type and nature of the operation. The device has four manual (cutting, connection, coagulation, overlapping) and one automatic mode. Each mode has a corresponding power level.
As the chief physician of the oncology dispensary Vladimir Kokhanikhin noted, new electric welding medical technologies are confidently being introduced into the practice of surgeons, and oncological diseases are no exception.
The medical institution really needed to improve its material and technical base, and specialists had been expecting the appearance of such a device for a long time.
EK-300M1 was purchased using funds from the state regional development fund with the support of the regional council, regional administration, and health protection department. The cost of EK-300M1 is about 67 thousand hryvnias and the device will be installed in the operating room in the near future. The dispensary specialists are confident that the device will improve the quality of treatment and the volume of surgical interventions.
In addition to the theoretical part, a practical lesson (on biomaterials) was held for oncosurgeons. All those who wished had the opportunity not only to examine the new device, but also to try it out.
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