#crushing

• Adenotripsy — A rare surgical intervention or therapeutic procedure consisting of the controlled crushing, fragmentation, or destruction of an indurated lymph node or a pathological glandular structure. This structural procedure is used historically or in specific experimental contexts to mechanically reduce the volume of nodal masses compressing vital neurovascular bundles.
• Crushing — The act of crushing, grinding, or fragmenting and its result; a physical or mechanical process of breaking solid bodies or raw materials into smaller fragments or powder.
• Tonsillotripsie — A historical surgical procedure used in otorhinolaryngology, consisting of the gradual crushing or structured mechanical fragmentation of hypertrophied palatine tonsils using a special instrument called a tonsillotribe, aiming to induce ischemic necrosis or removal of the lymphatic tissue with minimal risk of hemorrhage. This invasive operative method has been completely abandoned in modern medical practice, being replaced by advanced techniques such as radiofrequency, electrocautery, or plasma-laser coblation.
• Angiotribe — A heavy metallic surgical instrument shaped like a robust clamp, equipped with powerful, serrated jaws used to perform angiotripsy. This complex niche device exerts an extremely high and well-defined mechanical pressure on the wall of a severed blood vessel, aiming to crush the intima and media to trigger hemostasis through the rapid formation of a natural clot, thereby eliminating the need for thread ligatures during operations.
• Angiotripsy — A surgical procedure for achieving hemostasis consisting of the forced, mechanical, and well-defined crushing of the walls of a ruptured or severed blood vessel, using an angiotribe. This surgically induced pathological-structural process destroys the vessel's internal tunic (intima) and middle tunic, causing them to retract and promoting rapid blood coagulation inside the compressed lumen, effectively blocking hemorrhage without using suture threads.
• Arteriotripsy — An archaic or emergency surgical procedure consisting of the controlled crushing or pressing of the ruptured or severed end of an artery using a special instrument (arteriotrite), aimed at crushing the inner and middle tunics to trigger rapid local thrombosis and achieve hemostasis. In modern medicine, this invasive mechanical technique has been completely replaced by advanced vascular suturing, electrosurgical electrocoagulation, or high-precision metallic hemostatic clipping.