What is ablation?
Ablation is a medical technique used to remove tissue from the body through the frequencies of radio wool. It is used to treat many different health problems. Its many applications include cardiac ablation, endometrial ablation, superficial ablation and removal of liver tumor.
Heart ablation is used to remove cardiac arrhythmia caused by incorrect tissue arrangement or placement in the heart. The tissue can block the regular electrical signals that the heart sends, causing arrhythmia. In some cases, previous surgical heart repair may lead to a "short -circuit" in the heart over time.
Electrophysiologist, a cardiologist who specializes in the study and treatment of unusual rhythm patterns, performs catheter ablation. The catheter is usually inserted into the artery in the thigh and threads to the tissue of the heart that causes problems. Radiofrequency energy is then used to destroy tissue.
defibrillator. Cardiac ablation is used to treat atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and some forms of tachycardia. It has over 90% success without further interventions.
endometrial ablation is used to treat women suffering from excessive bleeding during the menstrual cycle, or in those with endometriosis. It is preferably used for hysterctomy, but because it destroys the lining of the uterus, it often leads to infertility. In this type of ablation, a small camera on a hysteroscope is used to view the uterus walls. The uterus is filled with liquid and a tool that generates the heat that is connected to the hysteroscope is used to destroy the uterus lining.
endometrial ablation is an outpatient procedure and the design takes less than an hour. It is performed while the patient is calm, but not under general anesthesia, unless combined with several procedures. The discomfort after the procedure takes only a few days.
Newer ablation techniques are used in conjunction with or instead of Lasik® eye surgery. This procedure is called surface ablation and removes tissue directly on the corneal surface, unlike the cornea. This procedure is relatively new, but early studies suggest that it can have a better result than Lasik® in terms of the ability of the eye to refract light.
Ablation is also used to remove tumors in the liver. Clinical studies evaluated the efficiency of the ablation of tumors that come from the liver, as well as those that metastasized from the large intestine. The removal of benign liver tumors has seen the greatest success and generally tumor or tumors must be relatively small to work. In the future, scientists hope that they will be able to improve in this technology to solve larger tumors and those that are malignant.