摘要 |
Apparatus and method for cryosurgery within a body cavity are disclosed. The apparatus includes a trocar installable in an external passageway opened in a wall of a body cavity of a patient, the trocar having a portal serving to maintain and control the external passageway after installation of the trocar, the portal being useable for transmitting therethrough at least one surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure. The apparatus further includes at least one cryoprobe deployable through the portal of the trocar into a body cavity. The cryoprobe is operable to be positioned in the body cavity in a selected orientation and position, and to cryoablate a tissue within the body cavity when in that selected orientation and position.
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