Background: Although cryotherapy has been reported as atechnique for depigmenting residual pigmented patches inpatients with universal vitiligo, Q-switched Nd-YAG lasershave not yet been used for this purpose. The aim of this studywas to compare the efficacy of cryotherapy with that of 532nmQ-switched Nd-YAG laser therapy for depigmentation in patientswith universal vitiligo.Method: Six adult p...

Question: In outpatients who present with new cutaneous warts, what is the efficacy of treatment with cryotherapy, topical salicylic acid, and a wait-and-see approach in leading to clearance of baseline lesions at 13 weeks? Design: Unblinded, randomized-controlled trial. Setting: Multipractice, 30 family practices from the Leiden Primary Care Research Network in the Netherlands. Patients: Patie...

REFERENCE: Bleakley C, McDonough S, MacAuley D. The use of ice in the treatment of acute soft-tissue injury: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Am J Sport Med. 2004; 32:251-261. CLINICAL QUESTION: What is the clinical evidence base for cryotherapy use? DATA SOURCES: Studies were identified by using a computer-based literature search on a total of 8 databases: MEDLINE, Proquest...

background & aim: although cold and heat have been recommended for labor pain relief, comparison of them and intermittent change in cold and heat therapy has been less considered. this study compared the effects of separate and intermittent heat and cold on labor pain relief and some birth outcomes . methods & materials : this was a randomized clinical trial. ninety-six parturient women were ra...

Cryotherapy is a simple, safe and effective method for many benign and malignant skin diseases. If applied with an appropriate technique, the results will be very satisfactory and the complications will be very low. Herewith we will discuss cryotherapy and its applications in dermatology and review the advantages and disadvantages of this technique.

OBJECTIVES To estimate the costs of commonly used treatments for cutaneous warts, as well as their health benefits and risk. To create an economic decision model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of these treatments, and, as a result, assess whether a randomised controlled trial (RCT) would be feasible and cost-effective. DATA SOURCES Focus groups, structured interviews and observation of pr...

Cryotherapy has similar cure rates to topical salicylate (a pharmacologic therapy) for nongenital common warts (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, based on systemic review of variable quality randomized trials). Duct tape may be equivalent to cryotherapy (SOR: B, based on a single randomized trial). CO2 laser, photodynamic therapy, pulsed dye laser (PDL), and Er:Yag laser therapies may also b...

The effect of cryotherapy on intraocular neoplasms is disappointing, except in the case of retinoblastoma, which is readily destroyed by freezing and in which cures have been reported by Lincoff, Maclean, and Long (I967) and Rubin (I969). This communication reports the effect of cryotherapy on the second eye in a case of bilateral retinoblastoma, in which complete histological examination of th...

Potentially curative salvage options for radio-recurrent prostate cancer include prostatectomy, brachytherapy, high-intensity focused ultrasound, and cryotherapy. Salvage cryoablation technology, surgical technique, oncologic outcomes, and complication rates have improved dramatically over the past few decades, shifting this treatment modality from investigational status to an established thera...