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Cryosurgical treatment of tumors and fistulas in dogs

This paper describes the use of a cryosurgical technique in six dogs with skin neoplasm, five with transmissible venereal tumors and six with perianal fistulas. The cryosurgical unit allowed liquid nitrogen boiling and its releasing as spray, owing to the control of nitrogen gas pressure.

Dog; cryosurgery; liquid nitrogen


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