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* Electrosurgery is NOT the same as cautery. Electrosurgery is the application of electricity to tissue. Cautery is simply thermal energy, or heat, which basically sears the tissue. A branding iron is a good example of cautery. In Gastroenterology an example of cautery is your “Heater Probe”. Before the invention of the Bovie, cautery was used to stop bleeding. Now, electrosurgery has replaced cautery as the standard of care. What is the difference between cut and coag? Cutting current causes the cells to explode, or burst. Coagulation current causes the cells to dry out, or desiccate (so