The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue.

Annotation

coordinate with organ or disease /surg; differentiate from HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED for cooling of organs during surgery

kombinuj s orgánem nebo nemocí a podheslem /chirurgie; odlišuj od deskriptoru INDUKOVANÁ HYPOTERMIE týkajícího se chlazení orgánů během operace

DUI

D003452 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0005380

History note

84; was CRYOGENIC SURGERY 1963-83; CRYOTHERAPY was heading 1964-83 (Prov 1964-66)

Online note

use CRYOSURGERY to search CRYOGENIC SURGERY & CRYOTHERAPY 1966-83

Public note

84; was CRYOGENIC SURGERY 1963-83; CRYOTHERAPY was heading 1967-83