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Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy

In the video above, Frederick W. Fraunfelder, MD, demonstrates his use of liquid nitrogen cryotherapy to treat a number of ocular surface conditions. Dr. Fraunfelder noted that his fa­ther, Frederick T. Fraunfelder, MD, originated ophthalmic research with liquid nitrogen when he applied it to cows’ eyes in the late 1960s in Little Rock, Ark. 

The treatment is covered in greater detail in the accompanying story, "Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy for Ocular Surface Disease."

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