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Cryosurgery | Shim Clinic, Singapore: Liquid nitrogen cryosurgery/cryotherapy clinic, Singapore. Removal of viral warts, skin tags, solar keratosis - Private and confidential services. Definitions, references, and latest news.

Description

Cryosurgery is suitable for treating:

• Viral wart (verruca)
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Skin tags (acrochordon)
• Solar keratosis (actinic keratosis)

• Common wart (verruca vulgaris)
• Flat warts (verruca plana)
• Filiform or digitate wart
• Plantar wart (verruca, verruca plantaris, verruca pedis)
• Mosaic wart
• Genital warts (condyloma, condylomata acuminata, venereal wart, anal wart, anogenital wart)

References

• Cryosurgery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Cryosurgery: Definition from Answers.com
• Cryosurgery - definition of Cryosurgery in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
• Cryotherapy (freezing skin lesions). DermNet NZ (.pdf)
  

Histomorphometric assessment of bone necrosis produced by two cryosurgery protocols using liquid nitrogen: an experimental study on rat femurs
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:27:33 +0100 | Journal of Applied Oral Science
CONCLUSIONS: The present results indicate that the 2-min protocol produced more marked bone necrosis than the 1-min protocol. Although our results cannot be entirely extrapolated to clinical practice, they contribute to the understanding of the behavior of bone tissue submitted to different cycles of liquid nitrogen freezing and may serve as a basis for new studies. (Source: Journal of Applied Oral Science)

Characterization of Changes to the Mechanical Properties of Arteries due to Cold Storage Using Nanoindentation Tests.
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Annals of Biomedical Engineering
In this study, using a custom-made nanoindentation device, changes to the local viscoelastic properties of porcine thoracic aorta wall due to three common storage temperatures (+4, -20, and -80 °C) within 24 h, 48 h, 1 week, and 3 weeks were characterized. The changes to both elastic and relaxation behaviors were investigated considering the multilayer, heterogeneous nature of the aortic wall. The results showed that the average instantaneous Young's modulus (E) of +4 °C storage samples decreased while their permanent average relaxation amplitude (G (∞)) increased and after 48 h these changes became significant (10 and 13% for E and G (∞), respectively). Generally, in freezer storage, E increased and G (∞) showed no significant change. In prolon...

An optimisation approach to multiprobe cryosurgery planning.
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
Authors: Giorgi G, Avalle L, Brignone M, Piana M, Caviglia G Abstract In cryosurgery operations, tumoural cells are killed by means of a freezing procedure realised with the insertion of cryoprobes in the diseased tissue. Cryosurgery planning aims at establishing the best values for operation parameters like number and position of the probes or temperature and duration of the freezing process. Here, we present an application of ant colony optimisation (ACO) to cryosurgery planning, whereby the ACO cost function is computed by numerically solving several direct Stefan problems in biological tissues. The method is validated in the case of a 2D phantom of a prostate cross section. PMID: 22224977 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biom...

Acquired perforating dermatosis successfully treated with photodynamic therapy
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:44:05 +0100 | Photodermatology, Photoimmunology and Photomedicine
SummaryAcquired perforating dermatosis is a rare perforating skin disorder characterized by intensely pruritic papules or nodules with central adherent plugs mainly observed on the lower extremities and transepidermal elimination of collagen bundles. Treatment of acquired perforating dermatosis is a matter of debate and conventional treatment options including topical and systemic retinoids, topical corticosteroids and keratolytics, ultraviolet B phototherapy, psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA), allopurinol and cryosurgery show mixed results. Herein, we describe a 60�year�old woman with a diagnosis of acquired perforating dermatosis secondary to diabetes mellitus in whom we achieved excellent results with photodynamic treatment. As far as we are aware, this is the first case report of ...

Congenital Ranula in a Newborn: A Rare Presentation
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:28:54 +0100 | Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
We report the case of a full term female neonate with a congenital ranula in the floor of mouth on left side. The swelling caused no discomfort or complication and hence no immediate intervention was required. The ranula was treated by aspiration using a wide bore needle and did not recur on 4 months follow up. Other methods of treatment include excision of ranula, marsupialization, cryosurgery, sclerotherapy. As many congenital cysts resolve or rupture spontaneously, they should be observed for potential resolution for several months in uncomplicated cases. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Clinical ReportPages 1-3DOI 10.1007/s12070-011-0371-yAuthors Arvind Soni, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, IndiaPooja Suyal, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India...

Needs Assessment for General Dermatologic Surgery
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:37:24 +0100 | Dermatologic Clinics
This article reviews current recommendations, strength of evidence, and areas in need of further research in the surgical treatment of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers, as well as other select cutaneous neoplasms. Cryosurgery, electrosurgery, photodynamic therapy, and surgical excision are discussed. Local anesthesia, suturing technique, postsurgical dressings, and optimization of scarring are briefly reviewed. In general, large, high-quality, randomized controlled trials on which to base recommendations are lacking. (Source: Dermatologic Clinics)

New treatment paradigm for prostate cancer: abarelix initiation therapy for immediate testosterone suppression followed by a luteinizing hormone�releasing hormone agonist
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 | BJU International
CONCLUSIONS• Abarelix initiation therapy results in the desired effect of achieving rapid testosterone suppression; testosterone surges after subsequent LHRH agonist therapy are greatly abrogated or completely eliminated.• This treatment paradigm (abarelix initiation followed by agonist maintenance) obviates the need for an antiandrogen.• Abarelix was well tolerated and no clinically meaningful or novel adverse events were observed during abarelix treatment or in the transition to LHRH agonist maintenance therapy. (Source: BJU International)

Reflectance confocal microscopy for the evaluation of acute epidermal wound healing
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 | Wound Repair and Regeneration
AbstractThe dynamic process of wound healing is routinely evaluated by clinical or histological evaluation. Recently, a number of non�invasive imaging techniques have been evaluated for their clinical applicability in dermatology. Among them, reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) represents a non�invasive imaging technique that allows the in vivo characterization of the skin at near�histological resolution. The aim of this study was to monitor epidermal wound repair using RCM in a model of tissue damage induced by cryosurgery. For this purpose, contact cryosurgery was performed at −32 °C for 10 seconds on the volar forearm of five healthy volunteers. Clinical and RCM evaluations were performed at nine consecutive time points. RCM allowed the visualization of edema formation and ...

Pain evaluation in the cryosurgery of actinic keratoses
Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:29:10 +0100 | Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
FUNDAMENTOS: a ceratose actínica é lesão pré-maligna frequente, que ocorre em áreas expostas à luz solar, em pessoas idosas ou adultas de meia-idade e pele clara. A criocirurgia com nitrogênio líquido é a modalidade mais comum para o tratamento de ceratoses actínicas. OBJETIVOS: o objetivo primário deste estudo foi medir a intensidade da dor durante a criocirurgia, por meio da Escala Visual Análoga. Também buscou-se identificar o nível de dor considerado adequado pelo paciente, avaliar a proporção de pacientes que consideram necessária a diminuição da dor sentida e verificar a necessidade ou não de analgesia suplementar. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal com pacientes encaminhados para terapêutica criocirúrgica de ceratoses actínicas no Ambulatório de Dermatologia SanitÃ...