PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surgical apparatus which is applicable to various medical treatments to wide ranges of different human body tissues, is simply manufactured at a low price, and moreover is compatible with conventional systems and conventional procedures.SOLUTION: The surgical apparatus includes a slender shaft which has first and second poles which combine with the shaft and are electrically insulated and the exposure part of the second pole is disposed only in a part of the surroundings of the slender shaft and has a part separated in a proximal end direction from the first pole. Another surgical apparatus has also a slender shaft which has first and second poles which combine with the shaft and are electrically insulated, the shaft is equipped with a first side, and the exposure faces of the first and second poles turn to the first side in their sides. Various preferred embodiments of "cool back" are established and a surgical operation under a microscope is performed on the first side of the apparatus without tissue effects on the back side of the apparatus.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】広範囲の異なる人体組織に対する多くの種類の医療処置に適用可能で、かつ製造するのに単純で安価であり、しかも、従来のシステムや手順と互換性を有する外科用装置を提供する。【解決手段】外科用装置は、シャフトに結合し電気的に絶縁された第1および第2電極を有する細長いシャフトを備え、第2電極の露出部分が細長いシャフトの周囲の一部のみに設けられ、第1電極から基端方向に離れた部分を備える。他の外科用装置も、シャフトに結合し電気的に絶縁された第1および第2電極を有する細長いシャフトを備え、シャフトは第1側面を備え、第1および第2電極の露出面が第1側面の方へ側面を向く。「クールバック」の種々の実施形態が設けられ、装置の後側の組織効果なしに、装置の第1側面において鏡視下手術を可能にする。【選択図】図2