Relationship between tissue damage and tissue destruction

This graph represents the relationship between the degree of tissue damage and tissue destruction during electrocautery. As damage worsens, the rate of destruction slows.

Reproduced with permission from: Davison JM, Zamah NM. Electrosurgery: principles, biologic effects and results in female reproductive surgery. In: Glob libr women's med, 2008. Copyright © 2008 The Global Library of Women's Medicine.

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