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How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry)
Department of Urology, Denver Health Medical Center/University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Fernando J. Kim, Department
of Urology, Denver Health Medical Center/University of
Colorado Cancer Center, 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206,
Denver, CO 80246 USA
Canadian Journal of Urology 2014, 21(2), 7251-7254.
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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.Keywords
prostate cryoablation, technique
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Silva, R.D.D., Jaworski, P., Gustafson, D., Nogueira, L., Molina, W. et al. (2014). How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry). Canadian Journal of Urology, 21(2), 7251–7254.
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Silva RDD, Jaworski P, Gustafson D, Nogueira L, Molina W, Kim FJ. How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry). Can J Urology. 2014;21(2):7251–7254.
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R.D.D. Silva, P. Jaworski, D. Gustafson, L. Nogueira, W. Molina, and F.J. Kim, “How I do it: prostate cryoablation (PCry),” Can. J. Urology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 7251–7254, 2014.
Copyright © 2014 The Canadian Journal of Urology.
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