A system for treating tissue includes first and second ablation devices each
including
a plurality of wire electrodes and coupled to a generator in parallel. In one embodiment,
the generator includes first and second terminals coupled in parallel to one another,
and the first and second ablation devices are connected to the first and second
terminals, respectively. Alternatively, the first and second ablation devices are
coupled to a single terminal of the generator using a "Y" cable. A ground electrode
is coupled to the generator opposite the first and second ablation devices for
monopolar operation. The first and second arrays of electrodes are inserted into
first and second sites adjacent one another within a tissue region. Energy is simultaneously
delivered to the first and second arrays to generate lesions at the first and second
sites preferably such that the first and second lesions overlap.