BACKGROUND In the therapeutic setting, cryotherapy with varying levels of intermittent cyclical compression often replaces an ice bag and elastic wrap. However, little is known about the cardiovascular strain and tissue temperature decreases associated with cooling and intermittent compression. HYPOTHESIS The authors hypothesized that higher levels of intermittent compression will result in g...

PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of incontinence etiology on artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) device outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified 925 patients who underwent primary AUS placement from 1983 to 2011. The etiology of incontinence was categorized as radical prostatectomy alone, radical prostatectomy with radiation, benign prostate resection, and those with cryotherapy as a salvag...

A variety of revision treatments available for managing different types scars, including laser therapy, chemical peeling, cryotherapy, dermabrasion, soft tissue augmentation, intralesional steroid injection, and surgical excision. Rhytides, dyschromias, specific kinds scars are among the epidermal dermal lesions that successfully treated using erbium YAG lasers. In this study, use Erbium to tre...

Purpose: local therapeutic cooling to soft tissue is known to sometimes cause necrosis and neuropathy via cold-induced ischemia. The purpose of this study is to quantify the occurrence and persistence of cold-induced ischemia associated with cryotherapy. Methods: Fda approved or exempt cryotherapy devices were applied for localized cooling on human subjects via recommended user protocols. Subje...

While cryotherapy has been shown to decrease postoperative pain after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, less is known of the effects of combined cryotherapy and compression. The goal of this study was to compare subjective and objective patient outcomes following ACL reconstruction with combined compression and cryotherapy compared with traditional ice therapy alone. Patients und...

Oral mucositis is a distressing toxic effect of cancer therapy and one of the major side effects of the myeloablative conditioning used to prepare patients for bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Oral cryotherapy is one of the recent modalities used to prevent and manage oral mucositis. The purpose of this review is to clarify the cryotherapy effect on oral mucositis severity among patients rece...

BACKGROUND Cryotherapy combined with intralesional triamcinolon injection is the most common traditional therapy for hypertrophic scars and keloids. The literature contains few articles on the use of bleomycin tattoo for treatment of these conditions. OBJECTIVE This study compares the efficacy of bleomycin tattoo with that of cryotherapy combined with intralesional triamcinolon injection for ...

Our goal was to improve image guidance during minimally invasive image guided therapy by developing an intraoperative segmentation and nonrigid registration algorithm. The algorithm was designed to allow for improved navigation and quantitative monitoring of treatment progress in order to reduce the time required in the operating room and to improve outcomes. The algorithm has been applied to i...

BACKGROUND The management choice for newly diagnosed localized prostate cancer presents a challenge to both the physician and the patient. Traditionally, surgery and radiation therapy have been the most commonly recommended options. More recently, active surveillance is recommended as the preferred management choice for a subset of men with localized, low-risk cancer. Recent reports also sugges...

Macedo LB, Borges DT, Lins CAA, Brasileiro JS. Cryotherapy and Laser Therapy Do Not Interfere in the Response to Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JEPonline 2015;18(5):59-68. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cryotherapy and laser therapy in response to eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage on the biceps brachii muscle. This is a ran...