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Cryosurgery ‐ toy or tool?
Author(s) -
Burley Ken
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.17.10.491
Subject(s) - cryosurgery , maxim , computer science , medicine , philosophy , surgery , epistemology
‘If in doubt, freeze it’ was a maxim of the 1980s. It reflected a belief in the almost magical properties of cryosurgery and hence its extensive use and misuse. In this article, the fifth of the ‘toy or tool’ series, Ken Burley assesses the pros and cons of the procedure.