diathermocoagulation

English

Etymology

diathermo- +‎ coagulation

Noun

diathermocoagulation (countable and uncountable, plural diathermocoagulations)

1. (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^[1], 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.