Liquid nitrogen spray commonly used to treat genital warts and molluscum

The use of cold temperature to freeze and destroy cancer cells.

The use of very low temperatures to destroy cancerous tissue.

see CRYOSURGERY

The use of liquid nitrogen to freeze and destroy a lesion or growth, sometimes used to induce scar formation and healing to prevent further spread of a condition (e.g., warts or molluscum contagiosum).

Treating skin or cervical lesions (e.g. warts) by freezing them - usually using liquid nitrogen. This is a common office based procedure which usually (depending somewhat on what is being frozen) causes little discomfort past an initial burning sensation..

is a treatment technique that removes tissue by spraying the skin with liquid nitrogen and causing the tissue to form a blister. As the blister heals, unwanted surface cells are shed. Cryosurgery involves the same process, but the depth of freezing is much greater. This technique is used to treat some skin cancers, and results in tissue destruction and wound healing with minimal scarring.

Treatment that freezes and destroys abnormal tissue such as genital warts.

The use of cold to treat disease.

Method of outpatient treatment that uses low temperatures (-60° to -90° C) to freeze and destroy abnormal tissue. Most commonly, a compressed gas (liquid carbon dioxide or nitrous oxide) is used as the coolant.

Destruction of prostate cancer by freezing

The application of ice, cold towels, compresses, and ice massage to reduce the temperature of the tissues on or below the surface of the skin.

A procedure where genital wart(s) can be frozen off with liquid nitrogen. This procedure must be performed by a trained health care provider.

A probe coated with freezing agents is applied to the cervix.

the use of cold (i.e. liquid nitrogen) to limit progression of disease (e.g., hindering the spread of malignant cells by freezing the cancerous tissue).

a treatment that freezes the abnormal part of the retina.

Ice therapy.The use of ice and ice water in the treatment of injury. Physiologically ice reduces metabolic activity within the tissues thus preventing secondary tissue damage; it also reduces pain signals to the central nervous system. Therapeutically ice therapy relieves pain and helps to reduce the development of swelling.

The medical use of freezing cold to destroy tissue, such as tumors, moles or warts.

Using cold agents to deaden or kill nerve fibers. Sometimes used to treat TN.

Liver tumours are frozen and destroyed using liquid nitrogen probes.

A prostate cancer treatment which freezes the prostate.

destruction of abnormal tissue by freezing it with a cooled metal probe.

also called cryoablation. The use of freezing to destroy cancer cells. This is an uncommon treatment for prostate cancer. A number of probes are inserted into the prostate and liquid nitrogen is used to freeze and destroy the cancer cells.

The therapeutic use of cold to reduce discomfort; limit progression of tissue edema; or break a cycle of muscle spasm. Cryotherapy is a form of counterirritation.

KRY-oh-THER-uh-pee] The destruction of tissue or tumor by the application of extreme cold.

A treatment for age spots, cryotherapy is a freezing process applied directly to age spots and other discolorations of the skin, particularly on the hands and chest.

A surgical technique that uses an instrument that freezes and destroys diseased tissue

repeated freezing and thawing of the tumor cells which result in cell death as cells rupture and begin to thaw.

Therapy in which the prostate gland is frozen to destroy the cancer cells.

treatment procedure involving intense cold (e.g., freezing genital warts).

the use of liquid nitrogen to freeze an abnormal lesion; the lesion typically forms a blister and then heals. Cryotherapy is sometimes used to induce scar formation in order to prevent further spread of abnormal cells (e.g., in cases of cervical dysplasia or retinitis).

another term for cryosurgery, which is the act of using freezing temperatures to destroy diseased tissue.

During an operation probes are placed in the prostate. The probes are then frozen which kills the prostatic cells.

Treatment using a cold probe to remove cells and tissue by freezing. Used to treat abnormal cells found after a cervical smear. Can be used in the treatment of other cancers, including prostate cancer.

This treatment method, also known as cold therapy, has recently been used for PCa. At temperatures as low as -200°C, a cold probe is used to attempt to kill off a prostate tumor.

the therapeutic use of cold to treat human tissue, as in a retinal tear to seal the retina to the wall of the eye again in an attempt to prevent further detachment

The treatment used to destroy cells by freezing them

Therapeutic use of cold; ice massage

Liquid nitrogen is inserted into the prostate through tiny, ultrasound-guided needles in order to freeze cancerous cells. This non-surgical, one-time treatment is most commonly used in men with early stage cancer.

The use of extreme cold destroy abnormal or diseased cells.

A treatment with the use of cold.

Technique using liquid nitrogen, for example, to freeze warts and precancerous lesions.

Cryotherapy, also known as cryoablation or cryosurgery, is the use of extreme cold for the treatment of disease.

A surgical procedure in which abnormal cells are destroyed by freezing them.

Freezing cancer cells to kill them.

Treatment by freezing with cold liquid. Cancer cells rupture as they begin to thaw.

During an operation, probes are placed in the prostate. The probes are frozen thus killing the prostatic cells.

is a procedure with liquid nitrogen that destroys the top layer of skin by freezing. Cryotherapy is used by dermatologists to treat actinic keratoses and warts.

The use of cold (ice) in therapy.

The use of cold for therapeutic reasons.

(KRY oh THER ah pee): The therapeutic use of cold.

Any method that uses cold temperature to treat disease.

A therapy using a "wand" of frozen products which produce a vasoconstricting effect on skin tissue and muscle mass thereby creating a "lifting" of the areas to be treated.

Freezing and destroying abnormal cells.

A procedure that kills cells by freezing.

Cryotherapy is used to define several techniques and procedures in the medical community. The most general definition is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Or, The removal of heat from a body part to decrease cellular metabolism, increase cellular survival, decrease inflammation, decrease pain and spasm, promote vasoconstriction, and when using extreme temperatures, to destroy cells by crystalizing the cytosol.

Cryotherapy (Cryogenic chamber therapy) is a treatment whereby the patient is placed in a cryogenic chamber for a short duration, i.e. no more than three minutes, which is comparable to ice swimming, and if used properly, will not destroy tissue. The term "cryotherapy" comes from the Greek cryo (κρυο) meaning cold and the word therapy (θεραπεια) meaning cure.