Application of Cryogenic Surgery to Resection of Parenchymal Organs

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Abstract
THE use of extreme cold as a surgical tool has been applied to an increasing number of diverse surgical problems since the development of a vacuum-insulated cryogenic surgical system.1 Originally developed to provide a means of producing controlled areas of physiologic inhibition or sharply demarcated lesions within the brain by cooling, or by rapid freezing at extremely low temperatures,2 this cryosurgical system can provide a safe, controllable method of necrosis of biologic tissue in situ,3 4 5 as well as a relatively avascular means of surgical removal of neoplasms.6 Experience with cryosurgery for removal of brain tumors over the past three years . . .

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