I-gauze yekotini elukwe kabanzi esetshenziselwa ukuhluza uketshezi, ukuhluza amabhavu ombala, ukusonga ubisi olujiyile nokubopha imithi yezitshalo. Itholakala ngamazinga ahlukene — okulukwe kaningi kubamba izinhlayiya ezincane kodwa kuconsa kancane. Ingasetshenziswa futhi ngemva kokuwashwa.