History of cryosurgery

摘要: The use of freezing temperatures for the therapeutic destruction tissue began in England 1845-51 when James Arnott described iced salt solutions (about-20 degrees C) to freeze advanced cancers accessible sites, producing reduction tumor size and amelioration pain. Improved techniques were possible early 1990s solidified carbon dioxide came into later liquid nitrogen nitrous oxide became available. Nevertheless, cryotherapy was a minor technique, used only lesions skin mucosa. With development modern cryosurgical apparatus by Cooper 1961, resurgence interest cryosurgery initiated diverse clinical conditions, including visceral cancer, evolved, After initial widespread trials matured 1970s, some applications technique fell disuse while others standard treatment. Late 1980s, further improvements imaging have permitted increased neoplastic disease, cancer.