Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0010408
MSH: The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue.,CSP: destruction of tissue by the application of extreme cold, used in some forms of intracranial and cutaneous surgery.,NCI: A procedure in which tissue is frozen to destroy abnormal cells. Liquid nitrogen or liquid carbon dioxide is used to freeze the tissue.,NCI: The removal of a body part, pathway, or function by freezing the desired entity. The procedure is performed using small cryogenic probes during surgery, and has recently been applied to solitary sporadic renal tumor lesions.