Cryogenic ENT applicator
Moskovchenko, N.A.; Murinets-Markevich, B.N.; Zhuravlev, A.S.; Zamoshnikov, V.N.; Krasnikov, A.R.
Meditsinskaia Tekhnika 5: 58-59
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8075 PMID: 7300636 Document Number: 173847
A cryogenic ENT applicator, model K-22 has been designed and recommended for clinical use. The applicator unit comprises an independent container filled with liquid nitrogen and connected to a cooling tip 2 mm in diameter by capillary tubes. The applicator is used for the destruction of neoplasms by cryogenic action in hardly accessible places in the aural, pharyngeal and nasal cavities. The applicator is easy to sue, has a small size and weight and allows a good survey of the operative field. It can be used in hospital and in outpatient clinics.