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The cryosurgery of skin lesions produces physical, chemical, micro-circulatory and immunological events. The fast freezing is more destructive and slow thawing is more lethal. The tissue destruction increases with repetition of the freeze-thaw cycles.
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Rojas, C.H.G. (2016). Mechanism of Cellular Damage from Cryosurgery. In: Abramovits, W., Graham, G., Har-Shai, Y., Strumia, R. (eds) Dermatological Cryosurgery and Cryotherapy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6765-5_5
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