Usage examples (18)

• Makary and colleagues also recommend "sharpless" surgery, which includes using nonsharp alternatives such as electrocautery cutting frequencies instead of a knife and...
• I prefer to use electrocautery to sculpt the growth off.
• Another option is burning the top using electrocautery, then extracting larger cysts and letting the smaller milia slough off by themselves.
• Dermabrasion, a technique to vaporize the skin by way of electrocautery or ablative lasers such as CO2 or erbium: YAG lasers, can remove raised scars.