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Applications of cryosurgery, 22nd Informatory Note on refrigerating technologies.

Author(s) : IIF-IIR

Type of article: Periodical article, Informatory note, Review

Summary

Cryosurgery, sometimes referred to as cryotherapy or cryoablation, is a surgical technique in which freezing is used to destroy undesirable tissues. Although the prefix “cryo” (from the Greek word kryos for icy cold) usually refers to temperatures below 120 K (the definition adopted by the 13th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration held in Washington DC in 1971), cryosurgery deals with temperatures below the freezing temperature of tissue, i.e. about 273 K. The history of cryosurgery is relatively short and is closely intertwined with developments in low-temperature physics, engineering and instrumentation that took place during the 20th century. Cryosurgery is used in many medical domains but is often considered as rather obscure and tends not to be taught in medical schools as part of the traditional syllabus.

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Informatory Note - Applications of cryosurgery (English)

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Note d'Information - Les applications de la cryochirurgie (French)

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  • Original title: Applications of cryosurgery, 22nd Informatory Note on refrigerating technologies.
  • Record ID : 30006069
  • Languages: English, French
  • Publication date: 2012/07
  • Source: Source: n. 22
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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