Cryotherapy
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Cryotherapy is the use of extreme cold to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue.
We use cryotherapy to treat lung cancer tumors, as well as obstructions in the airway and other parts of the body.
During cryotherapy, liquid nitrogen or argon gas flows through a long, thin insulated tube. Using image guidance, your doctor places a probe on the tumor or obstruction and freezes the cells. After the procedure, the tissue is absorbed by the body or removed by your doctor.
Cryotherapy may be an effective treatment for lung cancer tumors that cannot be removed by surgery. Cryotherapy can also be a life-saving option for patients with obstructions in the airway, especially those who have a stent and would not be candidates for other Interventional Pulmonology procedures.
Interventional Pulmonology
- Airway Stents
- Argon Plasma Coagulation
- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy
- Balloon Bronchoplasty
- Bronchoscopy
- Cryotherapy
- CT Angiography
- Embolization
- Endobronchial Brachytherapy
- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Fine Needle Aspiration
- HAST Testing-High Altitude Simulation
- High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- Kyphoplasty
- Lung Capacity Studies
- Lung Nodule Analysis
- Medical Pleuroscopy
- Navigational Bronchoscopy
- Nd: YAG Laser
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- Pleurodesis
- Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Respiratory Gating
- SpyGlass™
- Thoracentesis
- Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
- Vertebroplasty (see Kyphoplasty)
- X-Ray
