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monopolar electrocautery (unipolar electrocautery) an electrocautery in which current is applied through a handheld active electrode and travels back to the generator through an inactive electrode attached to the patient (the grounding pad), so that the patient is part of the electrical circuit.Also called unipolar electrocautery.n electrocautery in which current is applied through a handheld active electrode and travels back to the generator through an inactive electrode attached to the patient (the grounding pad), so that the patient is part of the electrical circuit. Also called unipolar electrocautery.
The main forms of cauterization used today in the first world are electrocautery and chemical cautery âboth are, for example, prevalent in the removal of unsightly warts. Cautery can also mean the branding of a human, either recreational or forced.autery is described in the Hippocratic Corpus. The cautery was employed for almost every possible purpose in ancient times: as a counter-irritant, as a haemostatic, as a bloodless knife, as a means of destroying tumours, etc. Later, special medical instruments called cauters were used to cauterize arteries.