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Principles of Cryotherapy

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Cryotherapy (or cryosurgery) is the technique of precise freezing and thawing of undesirable tissue resulting in cell death and regression. It is a highly effective technique available to the ophthalmologist for local control and eradication of various intra- and periocular tumors and can serve as an alternative or adjunct to other methods such as surgical excision or radiotherapy.

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  1. Section of Ophthalmology-Department of Head and Neck Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The Retinoblastoma Center of Houston (MD Anderson/Texas Children’s/Baylor/Methodist Hospital), Houston, TX, USA

    Dan S. Gombos

  2. UT McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Kayla Walter

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    Arun D. Singh

  2. Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

    Bertil E. Damato

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Gombos, D.S., Walter, K. (2019). Principles of Cryotherapy. In: Singh, A., Damato, B. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04489-3_9

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