Cyrosurgery is a development of surgical technique that uses freezing to destroy undesirable tissue. This technique was first introduced by James Arnott in 1845 for the treatment of cancer, particularly cancers of the breast and uterus. but in its development, most of these methods are used to bisang anesthesia.
Modern Cyrosurgery becoming known through the work of collaboration from a doctor, Irving Cooper, and an engineer, Arnold Lee. Both build cyrosurgery probe capable of freezing the brain tissue. Basically they cyrosurgery probe is a prototype of each probe cyrosurgery future, by using liquid nitrogen from a pressurized source.
Freezing and melting.
Cyrosurgery used for tumor or cancer of the existing surface and inside the body, especially cancers or tumors that are solid. But this time cyrosurgery still limited to advanced-stage lung cancer treatment.
Unlike the conventional method, in cyrosurgery not followed by the removal of cancerous tissue. Through a minimally invasive surgical techniques, a number of needles or probes will be included in mass to make coagulation cancer with the aid of argon and helium gas in turn. The mass of cancer will be frozen with a temperature of-120C, for a few minutes to become a lump of ice which is then shrunk and shrunk and damaged. With the mechanism of rapid freezing and melting that cancer cells will die.
Minimal side effects
Cancer therapy cyrosurgery premises safe technique to use and gives a small side effects, especially in lung cancer. Side effects that may occur are infection, pain, pneumothorax, hematotoraks, coughing up blood, rhythm disturbances post cyrosurgery shock syndrome.
Side effects were less frequent than with surgery because cyrosurgery using minimally invasive procedures. in addition, this surgical technique using only local anesthesia so that does not require long hospitalization and ICU stay and ventilator.
Simple procedure
The procedures to be performed by patients with lung cancer in this therapy begins with making a diagnosis using a CT-scan of the chest, a bronchoscope which is then followed by a search for metastases and the type of cell with a biopsy to determine the cell type and the stage.
Cyrosurgery technique, a new cancer therapy be an option if the results showed the cancer had entered an advanced stage. At that time, cyrosurgery will be followed by immune-chemo-radiation therapy. If lung cancer is still in early stages, the first choice is the surgical removal of cancer and continued with chemo-radiation therapy.
Shortly after the operation, which is about 24 hours is recommended in patients for bed rest. The doctor will perform an evaluation of the expected complication does not arise. After the 24 hours, patients may be unusual but not too much activity remains in the evaluation of complications. That is to say because complications can arise after one week post-cyrosurgery.