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Cryotherapy is an ablative technique that has been used to treat all grades of cervical dysplasia for more than 50 years. In low resource settings it is a preferred method of many primary care providers because of its cost effectiveness, safety, and ease in performance. Cryotherapy causes destruction of cells by producing a rapid freezing of tissue followed by a slow thaw leading to rupture of the cells.
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Turenne-Kolpan, L. (2020). Cervical Cryotherapy. In: Heath, C., Sulik, S. (eds) Primary Care Procedures in Women's Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28884-6_24
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