Cryosurgery devices are surgical instruments used to freeze and destroy abnormal cells. These minimally invasive tools may be applied to treat a variety of conditions ranging from skin lesions to ...

This paradoxical nature has led to two different fields of science and medicine built around freezing: cryopreservation and cryosurgery. Life is a complex set of electrochemical reactions.

Wittig removed the tumour, reconstructed R.J.’s hip joint with donated bone and cartilage, and performed cryosurgery, using liquid nitrogen to kill tumour cells. “Without cryosurgery ...