Procedures using an electrically heated wire or scalpel to treat hemorrhage (e.g., bleeding ulcers) and to ablate tumors, mucosal lesions, and refractory arrhythmias. It is different from ELECTROSURGERY which is used more for cutting tissue than destroying and in which the patient is part of the electric circuit.

Annotation

coordinate with organ or disease /surg

kombinuj s orgánem nebo nemocí a podheslem /chirurgie

DUI

D004564 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0007176