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Cryosurgery MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Cryosurgery
Tree Number(s)
E04.014.180
Unique ID
D003452
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003452
Annotation
coordinate with organ or disease /‌surg; differentiate from HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED for cooling of organs during surgery
Scope Note
The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue.
Entry Version
CRYOSURG
Entry Term(s)
Cryoablation
Public MeSH Note
84; was CRYOGENIC SURGERY 1963-83; CRYOTHERAPY was heading 1967-83
Online Note
use CRYOSURGERY to search CRYOGENIC SURGERY & CRYOTHERAPY 1966-83
History Note
84; was CRYOGENIC SURGERY 1963-83; CRYOTHERAPY was heading 1964-83 (Prov 1964-66)
Date Established
1984/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2008/07/08
Cryosurgery Preferred
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