cryosurgery vs cryotherapy what is the difference cryosurgery vs cryotherapy wp has two separate articles similar content no clear explanation cryosurgery could be considered sub category of more general concept of cryotherapy or cryosurgery could be considered to be destructive treatment cryotherapy non destructive treatment but in practice the terms seem to be used rather inter changeably so i'd propose that the articles be merged with inclusion of whatever can be properly said about any differences there do not seem to be relevant disambiguation pages now