| Abstract: | Conclusions 1. Cryosurgical instruments can be divided into passive and autonomous cryoprobes and cryoprobes with delivery of the coolant from a separate reservoir. 2. To freeze easily accessible organs and tissues to a depth of 5 mm it is best to use passive cryoprobes with a copper core. 3. Autonomous cryoprobes can be used for freezing organs and tissues having a volume not more than 10–25 cm3. Cryoprobes with delivery of the coolant from a separate reservoir must be used when freezing a larger volume. Physicotechnical Institute of Low Temperatures, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kharkov. Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, No. 4, pp. 34–36, July–August, 1971. |
