Cryosurgery

Known as: Cryoablation, Cryoablations, cryosurgery procedure 
The use of extreme cold to damage or destroy a body part, pathway, or function. The procedure is performed using small cryogenic probes during… (More)
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria--a 10-year update.
Image-guided tumor ablation has become a well-established hallmark of local cancer therapy. The breadth of options available in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Cryoballoon ablation of pulmonary veins for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: first results of the North American Arctic Front (STOP AF) pivotal trial.
OBJECTIVES This study sought to assess the safety and effectiveness of a novel cryoballoon ablation technology designed to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Time trends and local variation in primary treatment of localized prostate cancer.
PURPOSE In the absence of high-level evidence or clinical guidelines supporting any given active treatment approach over another… (More)
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Best practice statement on cryosurgery for the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
Introduction The protracted natural history of clinically localized prostate cancer has confounded the development of a national… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria.
The field of interventional oncology with use of image-guided tumor ablation requires standardization of terminology and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Focal cryosurgery: encouraging health outcomes for unifocal prostate cancer.
OBJECTIVES Owing to the ability to better detect small-volume tumors, we have seen an increasing population of men with low-risk… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Photodynamic therapy vs. cryosurgery of basal cell carcinomas: results of a phase III clinical trial.
BACKGROUND A previously reported randomized clinical trial showed treatment of Bowen's disease using photodynamic therapy (PDT… (More)
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Cryosurgery in the treatment of giant cell tumor. A long-term followup study.
Between 1983 and 1993, 102 patients with giant cell tumor of bone were treated at three institutions. Sixteen patients (15.9… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Place of cryosurgery in the treatment of malignant liver tumors.
OBJECTIVE The authors evaluate the results of cryosurgery in malignant liver tumors. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA The outcome of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Chronic rapid atrial pacing. Structural, functional, and electrophysiological characteristics of a new model of sustained atrial fibrillation.
BACKGROUND Despite the clinical importance of atrial fibrillation (AF), the development of chronic nonvalvular AF models has been… (More)
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