Spray Cryotherapy / Patient Benefits
Why should I choose Spray Cryotherapy?
Spray Cryotherapy offers numerous patient benefits:
- Easy on you. Spray Cryotherapy is usually an outpatient procedure. Treatment can take as little as 30 minutes.
- You can quickly return to normal activities. Patients often resume their standard and regular activities the next day.
- Accepted and adopted. Spray Cryotherapy is used by over 60 highly respected medical centers in the country.
- Proven technology. Cryotherapy in general, the use of extreme cold in medical applications, is a proven technology that has been used since the 1950s to treat diseased tissue in many parts of the body including skin, breast, liver, prostate, cervix, and lung.
- A versatile treatment. Spray Cryotherapy treatment is delivered by spraying liquid nitrogen that can treat hard-to-reach tissues in crevices that wouldn’t otherwise be touched by contact ablation methods.
- Peace of mind. Spray Cryotherapy is an attractive alternative to other, more invasive forms of treatment.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
The CSA System is contraindicated for use during pregnancy, where significant esophageal ulceration or mucosal break is evident, where esophageal narrowing exists that precludes advancing into the stomach, where any procedure or anatomy has significantly reduced or restricted the volume of the stomach including but not limited to gastric bypass, stomach stapling, and gastrojejunostomy, where any disease state has significantly reduced the elasticity in the GI tract (e.g. Marfan's syndrome), and where food is identified in the stomach or proximal duodenum at the time of the procedure and cannot be removed. The most common side effects include chest pain, sore throat, difficult or painful swallowing. Other rare but serious side effects may occur. Always consult with a physician to determine whether this treatment may be appropriate for you.