Treatment instrument (12) comprising: a first treatment body (344) having a treatment surface (352) to be used as a high-frequency
electrode and configured to receive, together or separately, a high-frequency energy and another energy that differs from the high-frequency energy input into the treatment surface (352); and a second treatment body (402) configured to treat a treatment target in conjunction with the treatment surface (352), wherein the second treatment body (402) comprises: a contact section (462) extending along a longitudinal axis (L2) and possessing an electrically insulating property; and a first surface (452) which is used as the first high-frequency
electrode, wherein: the first surface (452) borders the contact section (462) in a first lateral direction (W1) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L2), the contact section (462) faces the treatment surface (352) of the first treatment body (344), wherein the contact section (462) is configured to move between an open state in which the contact section (462) is separated from the treatment surface (352) along opening and closing directions, and a
closed state in which the contact section (462) is closed relative to the treatment surface (352), and the contact section (462) is configured to be brought into contact with the treatment surface (352) in the
closed state, and the first surface (452) is separated from the treatment surface (352) in both the open and closed states and comprises a first near edge (482a) of the first surface (452), wherein the first near edge (482a) is located near the contact section (462); and a first outer edge (482b) which is spaced from the contact section (462) from the longitudinal axis (L2) in the direction of a first side surface (384a) of a treatment section (326) in the first width direction (W1), and Assuming that a
virtual plane (VP) is defined such that in the
closed state it is perpendicular to the opening and closing directions and passes through the first near edge (482a) of the first surface (452), at a distance between the
virtual plane (VP) and the first surface (452) a distance between the first outer edge (482b) and the
virtual plane (VP) is greater than a distance between the first near edge (482a) and the virtual plane (VP).