Hexodane as a viable freezing medium for cryosurgery

• Main Author: Yap, Terence Wei Jer
• Other Authors: Chou Siaw Meng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Engineering::Aeronautical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140953
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cryosurgery has been used for a long time as an effective treatment against both benign and malignant tumour of the bone. The procedure uses cryogen as freezing medium to introduce extremely cold temperature for eradication of recurring tumour cells through multiple freeze-thaw cycles. Commonly-used...