History of Cautery: The Impact of Ancient Cultures | Chapter 07 | New Insights into Disease and Pathogen Research Vol. 2
Background: Healers around the world successfully practice traditional cautery (in Arabic kaiy) since ancient times. Traditional cautery, centuries of medical practice with unidentified exact origin has survived till today that authenticates its significance and effectiveness in mitigating human sufferings and diseases. Objective: This overview aimed to describe and synthesise the literature on historical perspectives of traditional cautery. Methods: The relevant literature published in English prior to 2018 was electronically searched in databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and OvidSP) using the Boolean operators and keywords. Manual searches and references of published articles and books were also conducted. A number of pertinent articles and abstracts (N=7490) were retained for extensive appraisal by two independent reviewers, and finally, 82 articles were included in this paper. Results: The historical practice of traditional cautery is documented in ...