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Abstract
Cryosurgery is the use of cold to induce tissue necrosis with ablative intent. The first report of the use of local freezing s a treatment modality is attributed to Dr. James Arnott, who described in 1850 the direct application of salt-ice mixture to various skin lesions. For almost a century, cryosurgery was practiced by many surgeons in the fields of neurosurgery, gynecology, urology and ophthalmology.1
The first use of cryosurgery in conjunction with orthopedic surgery is attributed to Marcove and Miller who described an open system technique that entailed pouring liquefied nitrogen into a tumor cavity .