cryosurgery
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On the day a reporter observed him, Mr. Fitzmaurice moved quickly through the visits, many of which entailed procedures like biopsies and cryosurgery.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2017
He bounced back and forth between clinics and Aetna bureaucrats who challenged his use of out-of-plan doctors and "experimental" treatments such as the high-dose chemotherapy and cryosurgery that specialists urged.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also suggests using cryosurgery instead of "tying off the tubes" to sterilize women who, for medical reasons, must have no more children.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the techniques: cryosurgery to freeze tissue to be removed, or use of a harmonic scalpel, a vibrating laser that simultaneously cuts tissue and clots blood.
From Time Magazine Archive
In some cases cryosurgery is used only to relieve symptoms, but in others it achieves actual cures.
From Time Magazine Archive
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