Cryosurgery

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** The use of extreme cold to damage or destroy a body part, pathway, or function. The procedure is performed using small cryogenic probes during surgery, and has recently been applied to solitary sporadic renal tumor lesions.

**Synonyms:** - Ablation, Cryo - CRYOABLATION - Cryoablation - cryoablation - cryosurgery - cryosurgical ablation