cauterization
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Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.
Research
19,176 papers- Cauterization's history in the Persian medicine school.Acta chirurgica Belgica · 2023
- Management of uncontrolled/recurrent epistaxis by ligation or cauterization of the sphenopalatine artery: a scoping review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
- Urethral monopolar cauterization: alternative infravesical obstruction model in male rats.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2022
- Nasal Cauterization with Silver Nitrate for Recurrent Epistaxis.The New England journal of medicine · 2021
- Efficacy and safety of endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus cauterization compared to ventriculoperitoneal shunting in pediatric hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis with subgroup analysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Electrocautery
- Unipolar
- Bipolar
- Chemical cautery
- Nasal cauterization
- Infant circumcision
- See also
- References
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Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.
The practice was once a widespread wound treatment. Its utility before the advent of antibiotics was said to be effective at more than one level: To prevent exsanguination To close amputations
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