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Cryoprobe-assisted removal of spinal cord tumors: technical note
1Medical College of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, USA.
Surgical Neurology
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
The application of a cryosurgical contact probe to assist in the removal of intraspinal neoplasms is described. Most often used by ophthalmic surgeons for intraocular extraction purposes, these .89-3 mm cryoprobes provide an ideal safe "handle" when attached to intramedullary or extramedullary spinal cord tumors and facilitate dissection and removal with standard microsurgical techniques.