Practical cryotherapy

Author: Guo Yude, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Cryotherapy, also known as cryosurgery, is a newly emerging medical and interdisciplinary science that has developed over the past 30 years. It originated from the penetration of low-temperature physics (Cryogenics), low-temperature chemistry (Crychemistry), and low-temperature biology (Cryobiology) from applied physics into medicine. Numerous evidences have fully demonstrated that this new technology has exceptional advantages in the treatment of clinical diseases, enabling many previously considered incurable or untreatable conditions to be treated with simplicity and effectiveness. It has also opened new avenues for basic medical research and tissue preservation. Like chemotherapy, radiotherapy, laser, microwave, radiofrequency, and ultrasound, it has become an important part of modern new technologies and therapies, playing its unique or complementary therapeutic role.
The book Practical Cryotherapy (2nd Edition) is divided into 16 chapters and includes 407 illustrations. It focuses on introducing the current status and experiences of cryotherapy at home and abroad from two major aspects: the basic part, which includes the development of cryotherapy, the effects and impacts of ultra-low temperature on the body, cryoimmunology, cryomedical instruments, refrigerants and their application methods, etc. This part is the guarantee for better clinical treatment; the second part emphasizes the comprehensive experience of clinical applications in various disciplines, providing direct references for clinical treatment. In writing, the book strives to reflect the practical aspects of cryotherapy, both clarifying its value and advantages while also pointing out its shortcomings and limitations. This book is suitable for clinical physicians in various disciplines as well as researchers and instrument developers engaged in cryotherapy research.