Spray cryotherapy is effective for bronchoscopic, endoscopic and open ablation of thoracic tissues

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 580-584

  Au, Joyce T ^a   Carson, Joshua ^a   Monette, Sebastien ^a   Finley, David J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopes; Cryoablation; Cryosurgery; Lung cancer; Minimally invasive surgery; Pleural disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRAY CRYOTHERAPY; SWINE; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; AORTA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; ESOPHAGUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LUNG; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; NITROGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; PLEURA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SWINE; THORACOTOMY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84869430937     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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