Elecautery
An electrocautery is a method in which an electric current is passed through a strong metal wire (probe) and the heat generated in this process is used in various medical methods. The heat generated by the electric catheter can be applied to living tissues to burn any abnormal tissue or inhibit blood loss (achieve homeostasis).
Electrocautery is used for various purposes, including:
Electrocautery at low temperatures can be used to destroy superficial tissue in the treatment of superficial masses and relatively without blood vessels (without blood). Such lesions include:
Eliminate moles
Seborrheic keratosis - a type of noncancerous skin growth
Acrocordons
Viral infections that cause fleshy bumps on the skin
Verrucae is a contagious and often painful wart
Syringoma - non-cancerous tumors commonly found on the eyelids and cheeks
Small angiomas - a type of abnormal growth caused by blood vessels
Higher temperature electrocautery to remove thicker skin lesions such as:
Sebaceous hyperplasia - Enlargement of the sebaceous glands trapped by sebum -
Pyogenic granulomas - tumors of noncancerous blood vessels found on the skin
Hemostasis (cessation of blood loss) of blood vessels in the surgeon
