A surgical procedure involving the crushing or compression of blood vessels, historically used to stop bleeding or close off vessels.
From Greek 'angeion' (vessel) + 'tripsis' (crushing). This archaic surgical term describes pre-modern techniques for vessel hemostasis before modern surgical instruments and techniques were developed.
Before surgeons had fancy cautery and sutures, angiotripsy was literally the only way to stop a bleeding vessel—they'd crush it shut with instruments, which sounds terrifying.
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