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cauterization

In medicine, the use of special instruments to burn or fuse small areas of body tissue to destroy dead cells, prevent the spread of infection, or seal tiny blood vessels to minimize blood loss during surgery.



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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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