Cryoextraction (medicine)
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Intracapsular cataract extraction using a cryoprobe
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crystalline lens and pull it intact from the eye.[1] Dr. Charles Kelman is credited with pioneering this surgical method in 1962. It can also be used in the treatment of orbital tumors.[2]
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