Prostate cryoablation (PCry) is a well-established minimally invasive therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer.
Unfortunately, PCry still carries the stigma of a high rate recto-urethral fistula procedure but with the advent of argon/helium gas technology, urethral warmer and high quality transrectal ultrasound imaging, complications decreased and efficacy increased. The Denver Health Medical Center's technique in prostate cryoablation is described as follows.
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da Silva RD, Jaworski P, Gustafson D, Nogueira L, Molina W, Kim FJ. Are you the author?
Denver Health Medical Center/University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Reference: Can J Urol. 2014 Apr;21(2):7251-4.
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24775582
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