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A NEW “COLD COAGULATOR” FOR USE IN THE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF CERVICAL EROSION
Author(s) -
Fergusson I. L. C.,
Craft I. L.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00469.x
Subject(s) - diathermy , cryosurgery , medicine , electrocoagulation , cryotherapy , surgery , electrosurgery , cauterization , erosion , paleontology , biology
Summary A new method of low heat electrocautery (cold coagulation) treatment of cervical erosion has been assessed. It has the advantages of being odourless, smokeless and relatively pain free when compared with hot wire cautery or diathermy treatment. It has been found to compare favourably with a matched series of patients treated by cryosurgery.