| rdfs:comment | - Osmotic eels were sometimes employed in the process of cauterization. In 2151, Doctor Phlox sedated an injured Jonathan Archer while the eel cauterized his wound. (ENT: "Broken Bow") In 2152, Phlox told a crewman he would have to wait for the eel to cauterize his wound as several patients were ahead of him in line, or, as Phlox put it, the eel was "getting quite a workout today." (ENT: "Minefield") In 2368, Beverly Crusher instructed a medic to use a tool to cauterize the tissue of an injured member of the USS Denver's crew. (TNG: "Ethics" )
- Cauterization describes using heat to burn tissue to stem bleeding or destroy diseased tissue. Up until the early 19th century, cauterization by using hot irons was the standard treatment for severe bleeding, such as that caused by bullet or artillery wounds. However, an accidental experiment (a surgeon ran out of cauterization irons) showed that bandaged wounds not only healed faster but resulted in lower infection rates and less overall tissue damage. One of the benefits of using a laser for surgery is that it automatically cauterizes the tissue surrounding it, unlike a scalpel.
- The medical practice or technique of cauterization is the burning of part of a body to remove or close off a part of it in a process called cautery, which destroys some tissue, in an attempt to mitigate damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harmful possibilities such as infections, when antibiotics are not available. The practice was once widespread for treatment of wounds. Its utility before the advent of antibiotics was effective on several levels:
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| abstract | - Cauterization describes using heat to burn tissue to stem bleeding or destroy diseased tissue. Up until the early 19th century, cauterization by using hot irons was the standard treatment for severe bleeding, such as that caused by bullet or artillery wounds. However, an accidental experiment (a surgeon ran out of cauterization irons) showed that bandaged wounds not only healed faster but resulted in lower infection rates and less overall tissue damage. However, cauterization is still used in medical procedures, generally by using a sterilized needle probe attached to a heat gun, much like a soldering gun. Cauterization is useful in surgery as it allows the physician to stem bleeding without the need to cover the wound. Cauterization also stems bleeding faster and has the positive effect of sterilizing the tissue. However, cauterization will cause damage to healthy tissue as well and as such must only be used when other alternatives are contraindicated. In addition to its use in surgery, cauterization can be used to treat severe lacerations and bleeding that occurs from the loss of a layer of skin. It is also commonly used to treat persistent nosebleeds. One of the benefits of using a laser for surgery is that it automatically cauterizes the tissue surrounding it, unlike a scalpel. Cryosurgery is often used to replace procedures that use cauterization as it has fewer side effects.
- The medical practice or technique of cauterization is the burning of part of a body to remove or close off a part of it in a process called cautery, which destroys some tissue, in an attempt to mitigate damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harmful possibilities such as infections, when antibiotics are not available. The practice was once widespread for treatment of wounds. Its utility before the advent of antibiotics was effective on several levels:
* useful in stopping severe blood-loss,
* to close amputations,
* useful in preventing infections, including complications from septicaemia. Actual cautery is a term referring to the white-hot iron—a metal generally heated only up to a dull red glow—that is applied to produce blisters, to stop bleeding of a blood vessel, and other similar purposes. The main forms of cauterization used today in the first world are electrocautery and chemical cautery—where both are, for example, prevalent in the removal of unsightly warts. Cautery can also mean the branding of a human, either recreational or forced. Accidental burns can be considered cauterization as well.
- Osmotic eels were sometimes employed in the process of cauterization. In 2151, Doctor Phlox sedated an injured Jonathan Archer while the eel cauterized his wound. (ENT: "Broken Bow") In 2152, Phlox told a crewman he would have to wait for the eel to cauterize his wound as several patients were ahead of him in line, or, as Phlox put it, the eel was "getting quite a workout today." (ENT: "Minefield") In 2368, Beverly Crusher instructed a medic to use a tool to cauterize the tissue of an injured member of the USS Denver's crew. (TNG: "Ethics" )
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