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Preferred term

Cryosurgery  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cryoablation
  • Cryoablations

Note

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

Scope note

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

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003452

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