According to the
electrode for the electrosurgical operation for treating trichiasis, a
solid or hollow needle with the
diameter of a needle head being 0.1-0.5 is adopted, the needle head is covered with an insulating
coating, a distance is formed between the upper edge of the insulating
coating and a needle point of the needle head, the thickness D of the insulating
coating is 0.01-0.05 mm, the covering length L of the insulating coating outside the needle head is 1-2 mm, and the
diameter of the insulating coating is 0.1-0.5 mm. The
tail end of the needle head is connected with the front end of the conductor, and an insulating sleeve is wrapped outside the front end of the conductor. The novel
electrode is characterized by an exposed active sharp tip portion of the fine needle, the portion thereof extending beyond the exposed tip being fully insulated by a thin electrically insulating coating. The portion of the needle adjacent the tip is made insulated to avoid overheating and to concentrate
high frequency current at the needle tip. The electrosurgical operation using the
needle electrode has the important
advantage of concentrating the current causing the
tissue damage at the required tissue, the damage to the surrounding tissue is minimal, the operation is relatively fast, the pain or trauma to a patient is small, and no influence is caused on the
skin and the conjunctival tissue of the surrounding tissue after the operation.