What is the difference between cryosurgery and cone biopsy?

Great: With cryosurgery, the affected area is frozen, which destroys the tissue. How deep this goes depends on the length of the freeze, although there is a limit to that due to the warming effect of the circulation. A cone biopsy, now done by loop excision, removes the affected tissue in pieces. It has an advantage in that the margins can be examined by the pathologist.

Cone vs. cryosurgery: A cone biopsy is a diagnostic and therapeutic test that removes a piece of your cervix and it can then be looked at under the microscope to make sure there is no invasion present. Cryosurgery is just freezing the cervix.