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Cryosurgery of Common Warts

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Common warts occur commonly and although they may be mostly a banal problem, they may cause functional and quality of life issues for patients. Cryosurgery is a very effective modality in the treatment of most warts. LN spray is the most efficient means to deliver the LN onto a wart. Paring increases the efficiency of wart cryosurgery.

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  1. Department of Dermatology-Weil Cornel Medical College, New York Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Noah Scheinfeld MD, JD

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  1. Dermatology Treatment & Research Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    William Abramovits

  2. Eastern Dermatology and Pathology, Morehead City, North Carolina, USA

    Gloria Graham

  3. The Unit of Plastic Surgery, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

    Yaron Har-Shai

  4. St Anna Hospital, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Renata Strumia

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Scheinfeld, N. (2016). Cryosurgery of Common Warts. In: Abramovits, W., Graham, G., Har-Shai, Y., Strumia, R. (eds) Dermatological Cryosurgery and Cryotherapy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6765-5_122

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