What Is Medical
Liquid Nitrogen?
The liquid nitrogen is basically a liquefied gas
stored under pressure in purposefully designed storage vessels. The liquid
nitrogen is mostly used as a cryogen in medical applications due to the cold
temperature of the liquid nitrogen.
What Are The
Medical Applications Of Liquid Nitrogen?
Topical Skin
Conditions
The liquid nitrogen is mostly used for common
external skin conditions such as removal of warts, moles, verrucas, skin tags,
and even small skin cancers or solar keratosis.
Cancers And
Other Skin Conditions
Cryosurgery is being developed as a rapid supplement
to traditional cancer therapies. Generally speaking, all the tumors that are
reachable by cryoprobes are usually treatable with the use of liquid nitrogen.
Additionally, cryotherapy has also proven beneficial in the case of treating
soft tissue conditions such as plantar fasciitis and fibroma.
How Is Liquid
Nitrogen Used In Clinics?
The liquid nitrogen is often used with other medical
devices which are compatible with liquid nitrogen both in terms of temperature
and pressure such as the spray applicants, probes or freezer stores. On the
same lines, it is absolutely important to follow the instructions provided by
the manufacturer of the applicator, freezer medical devices or even storage vessels
which are to be used in conjunction with medicalliquid nitrogen.
What Are Some
Precautions That Should Be Followed While Using Medical Liquid Nitrogen?
Liquid nitrogen, in essence, is an extremely cold
substance and should be treated by clinicians with extreme caution at all
times. On the same lines, the clinics employing the use of liquid nitrogen must
have adequate emergency procedures in place in the event of liquid nitrogen spillage,
cold burn or even accidental leak of liquid nitrogen.
