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Cryosurgery(with cryofrom the Ancient Greekκρύο'icy cold') is the use of extreme cold in surgeryto destroy abnormal or diseased tissue;[1]thus, it is the surgical application of cryoablation. Cryosurgery has been historically used to treat a number of diseases and disorders, especially a variety of benign and malignant skin conditions.
341,831 (2020) [ 11 ] Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the cervix or in any layer of the wall of the cervix. [ 2 ] It is due to the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [ 12 ] Early on, typically no symptoms are seen. [ 2 ] Later symptoms may include abnormal vaginal bleeding ...
The Bethesda system (TBS), officially called The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, is a system for reporting cervical or vaginal cytologic diagnoses, [1] used for reporting Pap smear results. It was introduced in 1988 [2] and revised in 1991, [3] 2001, [1][4][5] and 2014. [6] The name comes from the location (Bethesda, Maryland ...
ISBN 9781461555193. ^ Tumor treatment through cryotherapy was first invented by Americans in the 1960s. Aimed at promoting the new technology, the ISC was founded in Austria in 1972. The technology matured with each passing day after over 30 years of development. In recent years, in particular, China, with its greater economic development and ...
The Wertheim–Meigs operation is used to treat stage IA2, IB1, IB2 and IIA cervical cancers, stage II adenocarcinomas of the endometrium, upper vaginal carcinomas, uterine or cervical sarcomas, and other rare malignancies confined to the area of the cervix, uterus, and/or upper vagina. [5] It is one of the most comprehensive gynecological ...
Adding a six-week course of chemotherapy to the standard course of treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer resulted in a significant increase in survival rates, a new study shows.
Cervical conization refers to an excision of a cone-shaped portion of tissue from the mucous membrane of the cervix. Conization is used for diagnostic purposes as part of a biopsy and for therapeutic purposes to remove pre-cancerous cells (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia) or early stage cervical cancer. [1]
Specialty. Gynecology. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia, is the abnormal growth of cells on the surface of the cervix that could potentially lead to cervical cancer. [ 1 ] More specifically, CIN refers to the potentially precancerous transformation of cells of the cervix.