What is cryosurgia?
Cryosurgia, sometimes called cryotherapy, is the process of using extremely low temperatures produced by liquid nitrogen or argon gas controlled in order to destroy abnormal or patient tissue. Cryosurgia is usually an effective process because frost temperatures cause ice crystals inside selected tissue, causing abnormal cells to tear.
In external skin problems, cryosorurgy may be highly efficient and fast treatment that requires no recovery time. Liquid nitrogen is applied directly to abnormal cells with cotton swab or spray device, thus reducing the skin that will later fall. Cryosurgers are the most common way for doctors getting rid of warts, moths and skin signs. Small spots of skin cancer and precancerous skin cells are also candidates for successful cryosurgic treatment.
Cryosurgers can also be used to treat internal disorders. Prostate cancer, cervical disorders, liver cancer and lawyer andHemorrhoids were all effectively treated with cryosurgia. Cryosurgia is currently evaluated as a treatment of several other cancers, including colon, kidney and breast cancer. Scientists also evaluate the efficacy of cryosurgy when used in conjunction with other cancer treatments such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy.
For processing internal conditions, liquid nitrogen or argon gas spreads through a hollow tube called Kryoprobe, which is located in contact with a problem area. A balls of ice crystals are formed around the probe and freezing near cells. After cryosurgia, the frozen tissue thaws and is naturally absorbed by the body.
Cryosurgia may have side effects, but are less severe than the risks associated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery. The side effects vary depending on where the tumor is located. If the cervix is treated, the woman may beCut some bleeding, pain or convulsions. If skin cancer is treated, the patient may have swelling, scarring or burning sensation in the treated area. If the process is used to treat bone tumors, cryosurgia can cause destruction or fracture around bone tissue.
Despite these risks, cryosurgia has many advantages. It is much less invasive than traditional surgical methods, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, as well as much cheaper. Doctors are only able to focus cryosurgic treatment only on a problem area, thereby limiting the destruction of healthy tissue. Cryosurgery is becoming increasingly popular in patients who are not good candidates for traditional surgical methods due to age or other health.