cauterisation


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Noun1.cauterisation - the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
cryocautery - application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it
thermocautery - cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat
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The cauterisation helped reduce the amount of fluid being produced.
However, in Leen's case, we sought to perform a type of brain surgery that is only feasible in infants -- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy and Choroid Plexus Cauterisation." "This is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that reduces the production of the abnormally excessive brain fluid and creates a bypass for the cerebrospinal fluid in the head, thereby eliminating the need for a lifelong shunt.
Neurosurgery head at the hospital Dr Kim Steffan says hydrocephalus is treated through surgical procedures called Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy/ Choroid Plexus Cauterisation (ETV/CPC).
New projects incorporated in the budget include establishment of Trauma Centre at DHQ Hospital Lakki Marwat, establishment of cardiac cauterisation lab at three divisional headquarter (DHQ) hospitals, establishment of 12-15 bed burn centres at three DHQ hospitals, purchase of incinerators for deficient health facilities and establishment of Paediatrics Hospital in District Swat.
Mum Laura, 37, says that his favourite position on the pitch is goalkeeper, although he is waiting for cauterisation of his nose to stop regular nose bleeds from interfering with his game.
Endoscopic excision with cauterisation of the base from floor of nasal cavity and nasopharynx was done.
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Radium therapy with deep X-rays by implanting Radium needles in horn cavity or immunization with autogenous vaccine or cauterisation with Copper sulphate and chemotherapy using Vincristine are recommended (Prasad et al., 2016).
Cardiac cauterisation and cardiac ultrasound images will be viewed in the Sectra PACS and archived in the Sectra VNA.
This is the first report of a reduction in the frequency of grand mal attacks in patients who underwent surgical cauterisation of terminal branches of the external carotid artery to treat their migraine headaches.
He spent Thursday evening in an ENT hospital for precautionary reasons after undergoing a nasal cauterisation.
Methods of getting rid of them include freezing, cauterisation and surgical removal.