Cauterization is achieved by which method?

Cauterization is achieved by which method?

• A. Electrical heat to burn tissue
• B. Cold therapy to freeze tissue
• C. Cut tissue with a surgical blade
• D. Chemical dissolution

Answer: (A)

Cauterization relies on heat to coagulate tissue and seal blood vessels, producing hemostasis. Electrical devices are a common way to generate that heat, delivering it directly to the tissue so proteins coagulate and vessels seal. Freezing (cold therapy) is a different destruction method, not cauterization. Cutting with a blade creates a wound that exposes vessels rather than sealing them. Chemical methods destroy tissue through chemical reactions, not by heat. So electrical heat to burn tissue is the method that achieves cauterization.

Cauterization relies on heat to coagulate tissue and seal blood vessels, producing hemostasis. Electrical devices are a common way to generate that heat, delivering it directly to the tissue so proteins coagulate and vessels seal. Freezing (cold therapy) is a different destruction method, not cauterization. Cutting with a blade creates a wound that exposes vessels rather than sealing them. Chemical methods destroy tissue through chemical reactions, not by heat. So electrical heat to burn tissue is the method that achieves cauterization.