Abstract
Cryotherapy has been clinically applied to relieve pain using a new cryosurgical probe to block peripheral nerve function to achieve analgesia. Sixty-four patients with intractable pain were treated with cryoanalgesia. Fifty-two obtained relief of pain for a median duration of 11 days and a range of up to 224 days.
MeSH terms
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Analgesia / methods*
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Cryosurgery / instrumentation
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Cryosurgery / methods*
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Facial Neuralgia / complications
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Humans
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Intercostal Nerves
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Neoplasms / complications
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Nerve Block / instrumentation
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Nerve Block / methods*
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Pain / etiology
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Pain Management*
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / complications
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Sciatica / complications