Cryotherapy in chest medicine.

Author(s) : HOMASSON J. P., BELL N. J.

Type of monograph: Other

Summary

The book includes several articles written by eminent specialists on: history of cryosurgery; the process of freezing and the mechanism of damage during cryosurgery; the cryogens; monitoring techniques; history of tracheo-bronchial cryotherapy; tracheo-bronchial endoscopic cryotherapy; tracheo-bronchial cryotherapy: indications and results; histopathology; technical failures or short-comings of the equipment; other endoscopic treatments; cryotherapy and other treatments; cryotherapy -radiotherapy ; cryotherapy of carcinoma in situ and microinvasive carcinoma; pleural and lung cryobiopsies during thoracoscopy; cryoanalgesia for control of post thoracotomy pain; pulmonary cryosurgery.

Details

  • Original title: Cryotherapy in chest medicine.
  • Record ID : 1994-0700
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: Springer - France/France
  • Publication date: 1992
  • Source: Source: 113 p. (19.6 x 27.8); fig.; tabl.; index; FRF 465.00.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.