Cryotherapy

"Cryotherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A form of therapy consisting in the local or general use of cold. The selective destruction of tissue by extreme cold or freezing is CRYOSURGERY. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Descriptor ID	D017679
MeSH Number(s)	E02.258
Concept/Terms	Cryotherapy Cryotherapy Cryotherapies Therapy, Cold Cold Therapies Therapies, Cold Cold Therapy

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cryotherapy".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Cryotherapy [E02.258]

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Cryotherapy
Hypothermia, Induced

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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1998 and 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1998	1	1	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2005	0	2	2
2008	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1

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Ferreira-Junior JB, Bottaro M, Vieira A, Siqueira AF, Vieira CA, Durigan JL, Cadore EL, Coelho LG, Simões HG, Bemben MG. One session of partial-body cryotherapy (-110?°C) improves muscle damage recovery. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015 Oct; 25(5):e524-30.

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Hunt GC, Coyle WJ, Pais SA, Adler DG, Degregorio B, Dimaio CJ, Dua KS, Enestvedt BK, Lee LS, McHenry L, Mullady DK, Rajan E, Sedlack RE, Shami VM, Tierney WM, Faulx AL. Core curriculum for EMR and ablative techniques. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Oct; 76(4):725-9.

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Goodloe JM, Reginald TJ. Chill factor. Why the hottest thing in EMS is cold. JEMS. 2010 Feb; 35(2):44-50; quiz 53.

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Beard RM, Day MW. Fever and hyperthermia: learn to beat the heat. Nursing. 2008 Jun; 38(6):28-31.

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Davitt BV, Dobson V, Good WV, Hardy RJ, Quinn GE, Siatkowski RM, Summers CG, Tung B. Prevalence of myopia at 9 months in infants with high-risk prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity. Ophthalmology. 2005 Sep; 112(9):1564-8.

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Stone DU, Butt AL, Chodosh J. Ocular surface squamous neoplasia: a standard of care survey. Cornea. 2005 Apr; 24(3):297-300.

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Sparks RA, Scheid D, Loemker V, Stader E, Reilly K, Hamm R, McCarthy L. Association of cervical cryotherapy with inadequate follow-up colposcopy. J Fam Pract. 2002 Jun; 51(6):526-9.

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Quinn GE, Dobson V, Siatkowski R, Hardy RJ, Kivlin J, Palmer EA, Phelps DL, Repka MX, Summers CG, Tung B, Chan W. Does cryotherapy affect refractive error? Results from treated versus control eyes in the cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity trial. Ophthalmology. 2001 Feb; 108(2):343-7.

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Hamm RM, Loemker V, Reilly KL, Johnson G, Dubois P, Staveley-O'Carroll K, Brand J, Owens T, Smith K. A clinical decision analysis of cryotherapy compared with expectant management for cervical dysplasia. J Fam Pract. 1998 Sep; 47(3):193-201.

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Holtzclaw BJ. Managing fever in HIV disease. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1998 Jul-Aug; 9(4):97-101.

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