Talk:Cryoneuromodulation

Should be merged with Cryoneurolysis.

I propose that this article be merged with Cryoneurolysis, as it seems to be a description of one specific brand of cryosurgical device and its associated treatment method which performs cryoneurolysis. Cryoneurolysis is, itself, a subtype of Cryosurgery which is specifically targeted to nerve tissue, so it definitely deserves a brief section on that page, but Cryoneurolysis (with relevant cryoneuromodulation content merged) is a substantial enough topic to warrant its own page as well. To provide some background info: In the medical literature "neurolysis" has long been the term used for a procedure which disrupts the function of nerve tissue, usually destructively, for therapeutic purposes. The more recent term "neuromodulation" is occasionally loosely used as a synonym for neurolysis, but it is more often and probably more precisely used to refer to newer non-destructive nerve-targeted treatment methods. These methods are able to effect the desired therapeutic changes by "modulating" the way the nerve outputs its signals rather than by "lysing" aka destroying the nerve fiber. Using these definitions, the "iovera" treatment this page describes performs neurolysis, not neuromodulation, since it explicitly states that it destroys tissue.

I don't think any of the aforementioned pages/topics would be a good fit under the heading of Cryotherapy (as someone suggested on the Cryosurgery talk page) because that term is much, much more general and is more frequently associated with ice-water baths or the application of cold-packs to the whole body, limbs, etc. Cryotherapy has the connotation of more of a physical therapy modality rather than a medical/surgical procedure. Fonebone 04:47, 2 April 2016 (UTC)