Modern Cryosurgery For Cancer (Hardcover)

Cryosurgery is a surgical technique that employs freezing to destroy undesirable tissue. From as early as 3500 BC, there is evidence for the use of cold in medicine for the treatment of infected wounds of the chest, fracture of the skull and various injuries. However, the history of "modern" cryosurgery is relatively short and is closely intertwined with the development in low temperature physics, engineering, and instrumentation during the last century. From the early 21st century, advanced helium-based cryosurgery has been applied worldwide. More than ten thousand patients with malignant and benign tumors have received cryosurgery. It is specially noted that in most cases cryosurgery, as a mini-invasive ablation technique, was performed with percutaneous approach under guidance of CT or ultrasound. Cryosurgery is now one of the more popular techniques in China, with nearly 6000 cases of tumors receiving cryosurgery in the author's institution alone. This book summarizes the experimental and clinical experience and practice of cryosurgery, and describes the basics of cryosurgery and its use in the treatment of various tumors.

General

Imprint:	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	June 2012
Editors:	Kecheng Xu • Nikolai N. Korpan • Lizhi Niu
Dimensions:	231 x 165 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	940
ISBN-13:	978-981-4329-65-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Surgery > Surgical oncology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN:	981-4329-65-7
Barcode:	9789814329651

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