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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
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Cryosurgery.
Can Med Assoc J 118:235;1978