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Cryosurgery

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Definition: The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue.  coordinate with organ or disease /surg; differentiate from HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED for cooling of organs during surgery    Other names Cryoablation; Cryosurgeries; Cryoablations
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
zeroid  0   *Glycols Cryosurgery. Can Med Assoc J 118:235;1978

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