title: [Cryosurgery in carcinomas of the rectum and anus (author's transl)].
abstract: 3 years of clinical experience in cryosurgical treatment of carcinomas of the rectum and anus and of malignant polypi is reported. Nearly all patients were in so a poor condition not to underwent conventional operations. In these cases cryosurgery offers an alternative to the usual local procedure of tumour resection.
mesh_terms: D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments
vernacular_title: Kryochirurgische Behandlung des Anal-Rektum-Karzinoms.