Progress toward optimization of cryosurgery
Progress toward optimization of cryosurgery
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DOI:
10.1177/153303460400300202
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发表时间:
2004-04-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Gage, AA
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作者:
Baust, JG;Gage, AA
Cryosurgery for diverse neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases has expanded in applicability in recent years, especially since intraoperative ultrasound became available as a method of monitoring the process of tissue freezing. However, persistence of disease after presumably adequate cryosurgical treatment has disclosed deficiencies in the technique, perhaps due to faulty application of the freeze-thaw cycles or due to shortcomings in the imaging method. Clearly cryosurgical technique is less than optimal.The optimal dosimetry for tissue freezing, the recent improvements in imaging techniques and the need for adjunctive therapy are defined in this review, which assesses the progress toward improving the efficacy of cryosurgery.