Cryosurgery of major and minor salivary gland: a light microscopic evaluation in the Rhesus monkey.
The minor salivary glands in the hard palate and the submandibular gland of the Rhesus monkey were subjected to a liquid nitrogen, direct-spray, one-cycle freeze. A 4-min freeze in the temperature range of -40 degrees C to -60 degrees C was used. The extent of tissue destruction was determined at intervals up to 1 year. Clinically relevant findings resulted and form the basis for subsequent studies by this group of investigators.
D000818:Animals; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005615:Freezing; D000882:Haplorhini; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009584:Nitrogen; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000601:surgery*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors
D009584:Nitrogen