electroablate

present singular third person electroablates · participle present electroablating · participle past electroablated · past electroablated

1. To ablate electrically.

   The instrument electroablated the meshwork and inner wall of Schlemm’s canal for 120 degree under direct view assisted by goniolens.

   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

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   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).

   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

   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.

   2019, Ta Chen Peter Chang, Kara M Cavuoto, Micro-invasive Glaucoma Surgery in Childhood Glaucoma