Cervical cryosurgery

Cervical cryosurgery

Cryosurgery is super-freezing of tissue in order to destroy it. It is used to treat malignant tumors, control pain, control bleeding, and reduce brain lesions.


Review Date: 08/11/2005
Reviewed By: Joseph P. Hart, M.D., Marco Polo Traveling Fellow c/o Department of Vascular Surgery, A. Z. St. Blasius Hospital (Belgium). Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.


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