The story behind cryosurgery

  • Sara Mohamed Ibrahim Awad Assiut University Hospital
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/jsd.v6.i2.123
Keywords: cryosurgery, history, cryogens

Abstract

Cryosurgery is used to describe the controlled destruction of tissue by freezing. Today, cryosurgery is widely practiced in medicine, so it would be interesting to know how the story of cryosurgery began. Here are some short stories behind the discovery and evolution of cryosurgery.

Author Biography

Sara Mohamed Ibrahim Awad, Assiut University Hospital
Lecturer (MD) of Dermatology

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Published
2021-04-26
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021)
Section
Short Communications

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