electroablate

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English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ ablate.

Verb

electroablate (third-person singular simple present electroablates, present participle electroablating, simple past and past participle electroablated)

  1. To ablate electrically.
    • 2002 January, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Masahito Ikeda, Akihide Matsumura, Hajime Maeda, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Hikaru Matsuda, “New electroablation technique following the first-line stapling method for thoracoscopic treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax”, in Chest, volume 121, number 1:
      Apical pneumocysts were resected employing staplers, and residual pneumocysts, if present, were electroablated employing a new tip for the electrosurgery unit (ball shape, 8 mm in diameter, and made of stainless steel).
    • 2014, Wang Huai-Zhou, Shi Yan, Hong Jie, Zhao Bo-Wen, Wang Ning-Li, “The preliminary study on effectiveness and safety of trabectome surgery for open angle glaucoma”, in Ophthalmology in China, volume 23, number 1:
      The instrument electroablated the meshwork and inner wall of Schlemm’s canal for 120 degree under direct view assisted by goniolens.
    • 2019, Ta Chen Peter Chang, Kara M Cavuoto, Micro-invasive Glaucoma Surgery in Childhood Glaucoma:
      The electrosurgical trabeculectomy device electroablates the trabecular meshwork tissue to expose the trabecular cleft, while the dual-blade device simultaneously incises the anterior and posterior trabecular meshwork, such that a trabecular ribbon is freed and removed to expose the trabecular cleft.

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