How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry).

نویسندگان

  • Rodrigo Donalisio da Silva
  • Paulo Jaworski
  • Diedra Gustafson
  • Leticia Nogueira
  • Wilson Molina
  • Fernando J Kim
چکیده

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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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Canadian journal of urology

دوره 21 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014