A History of Cryosurgery: Its Development and Future

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 314-324

  Korpan, Nikolai N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLD INJURY; COLD TREATMENT; COOLING; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEVICE; FREEZING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; MOUTH TUMOR; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PANCREAS TUMOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RECTUM TUMOR; SKIN CANCER; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERMOMETER; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERUS CANCER; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846275368     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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