A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PANCREAS CRYOTHERAPY.

Author(s) : YANG J.

Summary

TO FIND OUT WHETHER IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE CRYOTHERAPY ON THE PANCREAS, 20 DOGS AND 2 PATIENTS WITH UNRESECTABLE CARCINOMA OF VATER'S AMPULLA WERE TAKEN INTO THISEXPERIMENT IN WHICH LIQUID NITROGEN WAS USED AS CRYOGEN. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT NEITHER SIGNIFICANT VARIATIONS IN CONCENTRATIONS OF BLOOD ELECTROLYTES AND SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULINS NOR RUPTURE OF THE PANCREAS AND DANGEROUS ACUTE HEMORRHAGICPANCREATITIS WERE OBSERVED AFTER FREEZING.

Details

  • Original title: A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PANCREAS CRYOTHERAPY.
  • Record ID : 1991-0908
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1989/10/11
  • Source: Source: Proc. 7th int. Congr. Cryosurg., Beijing
    335-339; 4 fig.; 1 tabl.; 4 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.