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Vestn Otorinolaringol 2022 ;87(3):72-77

Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.

At the moment, all over the world there are a large number of various methods of surgical treatment of chronic tonsillitis. In particular: classical tonsillectomy, cryosurgical method for removing the palatine tonsils, shaver tonsillectomy, monopolar and bipolar tonsillectomy, tonsillectomy with an ultrasonic scalpel, bipolar dissection using cutting instruments, laser tonsillectomy, coldablation. This article analyzes the existing methods, describes the fundamental technique for their implementation, as well as their advantages and disadvantages. Read More

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021 10 2;165(4):597-601. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Division of Otolaryngology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Posterior nasal nerve (PNN) cryoablation is a novel surgical technique used to address chronic rhinitis. The purpose of this study is to review the medical device reports (MDRs) submitted to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Manufacturer and User Device Facility Experience (MAUDE) database to identify adverse events related to the use of ClariFix, a device designed for office-based cryosurgical ablation of the PNN. A total of 12 adverse events associated with ClariFix from January 2017 to August 2020 were identified and analyzed. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2021 08 1;112(2):354-362. Epub 2021 May 1.

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine and the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Background: Although cryosurgery has been used to treat cardiac arrhythmias for nearly 5 decades, the mechanism of action and the surgical technique that produces optimal cryolesions for the treatment of atrial fibrillation are still poorly understood. This has resulted in surgical outcomes that can be improved by a better understanding the mechanisms of cryothermia ablation and the proper surgical techniques that take advantage of those mechanisms.

Methods: The cryobiology underlying cryosurgical ablation is described, as are the nuances of cryosurgical techniques that ensure the reliable creation of contiguous, uniformly transmural atrial cryolesions. Read More

Orbit 2020 Oct 18;39(5):336-341. Epub 2019 Nov 18.

Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital , New York, NY, USA.

Purpose: We describe a novel technique for endonasal endoscopic orbital surgery. Previously described strategies for minimally invasive orbital surgery include mobilization of the medial rectus muscle and cryosurgical retraction of the pathologic lesion. Herein we describe endoscopic trans-septal suture retraction of an orbital cavernous hemangioma to facilitate intra-orbital dissection from an external approach. Read More

PeerJ 2017 17;5:e2810. Epub 2017 Jan 17.

Department of Bioengineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California , Berkley , CA , United States.

Background: Cryoelectrolysis is a new minimally invasive tissue ablation surgical technique that combines the ablation techniques of electrolytic ablation with cryosurgery. The goal of this study is to examine the hypothesis that electrolysis can take place in a frozen aqueous saline solution.

Method: To examine the hypothesis we performed a cryoelectrolytic ablation protocol in which electrolysis and cryosurgery are delivered simultaneously in a tissue simulant made of physiological saline gel with a pH dye. Read More