diathermocoagulation
English
Etymology
diathermo- + coagulation
Noun
diathermocoagulation (countable and uncountable, plural diathermocoagulations)
- (surgery) The use of diathermy to cauterize blood vessels and reduce bleeding.
- 2015 July 12, Michele Grieco et al., “Analysis of Complications in Postbariatric Abdominoplasty: Our Experience”, in Plastic Surgery International, volume 2015, DOI: :
- According to Araco [ 24, 26 ] in postbariatric patients, we performed a dissection with diathermocoagulation to reduce the occurrence of postoperative hematomas and wound infections with delayed healing compared with the cold knife.
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