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cauterization [‚kȯd·ə·rə′zā·shən]
(medicine) Use of a device or chemical agent to coagulate or destroy tissue. Cauterization a medical treatment utilizing thermal, chemical, electric, or radiation burns. Cauterization is used to destroy such conditions as small skin tumors, warts, excessive granulations, and tattoos. It can be performed by diathermal coagulation, galvanocautery, chemical substances, or laser radiation. In surgical practice it is used to separate tissue and to stop bleeding (electric scalpel, laser beam). In the treatment of some inflammatory diseases, cauterizing agents in the form of a mustard plaster or ultraviolet radiation (quartz) serve a revulsive and reflex-therapeutic function. V. B. GEL’FAND Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Usually one of two methods is employed to get rid of a mole: excision with stitches, or excision with cauterization. During most of the previous admissions, treatment involved cauterization and/or nasal packing with a Merocel sponge: * On four occasions, the patient underwent both cauterization and nasal packing with a Merocel sponge. Genital warts treatments come in a variety forms with some of the most well-known treatments being in the field of surgical excision, surgical cauterization of the warts, as well as cryosurgery approaches. |
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