Cervical Cautery

Cervical cauterization is a procedure that is used to destroy abnormal (non-cancerous or precancerous) cells on the opening to the womb (cervix). Cauterization is carried out through the use of heat, electricity, cold, corrosive chemicals, or laser. The most common methods involve high frequency electric current (electro coagulation) or freezing (cryo cauterization, cryosurgery).